From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Oct 12 08:31:17 2010 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by cozumel.ust.hk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o9C0VGVO020893 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:31:17 +0800 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9BN6mo1003879; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:31:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3842347 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:31:03 -0500 Received: from relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (relay04.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.5]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9C0V2BB003390 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:31:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9C0Uuxp005896 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:31:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id E70B940501D3; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:30:53 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101012003055.E70B940501D3@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:30:53 -0500 Reply-To: wxmaster@COX.NET Sender: WX-TROPL Tropical Storm and Hurricane WX products From: LDM Weather Subject: Central Pacific: Satellite Interpretation Message To: WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Precedence: list 246 ATHW40 PHFO 120030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC TUE OCT 12 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 12 2010 OVERALL...FEWER CLOUDS OVER THE ISLAND CHAIN COMPARED TO 24-HOURS AGO WHEN A SHOWER AREA MOVED ACROSS THE STATE. LOW CLOUDS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR WITHIN THE TRADE WIND FLOW. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A SHOWER AREA THIS MORNING...KAUAI HAS DRIED OUT WITH ONLY FEW TO SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER THE ISLAND AND ITS ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. OAHU IS A BIT CLOUDIER THAN USUAL FOR TRADE WIND CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EVEN OVER LEEWARD AREAS AND EXTENDING INTO THE KAIWI CHANNEL. THE MIDDLE AND UPPER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA AND THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS HAVE BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS WHILE THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. ON THE BIG ISLAND...THE USUAL AFTERNOON BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE KONA AND KAU SLOPES WHILE THE WINDWARD SLOPES HAVE SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS. LEEWARD KOHALA AND THE SLOPES OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA ARE MOSTLY CLEAR. BEYOND THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 140W AND 160W...PATCHES OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. ONE AREA...FROM 22N TO 25N BETWEEN 145W AND 150W...APPEARS TO HAVE EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND SHOWS UP IN THE SATELLITE DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATER DATA AS A SLIGHTLY ENHANCED MOISTURE AREA WITH PW VALUES AT 1.1 TO 1.3 INCHES SURROUNDED BY VALUES AN INCH OR LESS. NORTH OF 27N...LOW CLOUDS ARE MORE WIDELY DISPERSED. WATER VAPOR DATA SHOW A POORLY DEFINED UPPER LEVEL LOW ABOUT 470 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILO. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EMBEDDED IN THE TRADES AND BENEATH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW ARE RATHER SHOWERY IN APPEARANCE SOUTH OF 17N AND EAST OF 149W. A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE LOW CENTER TO APPROXIMATELY 10N 151W. THE ASSOCIATED SUBTROPICAL JET AXIS RUNS ALONG A LINE FROM 19N 167W TO 10N 151W TO 16N 140W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...ITCZ...IS WITHIN A 400 TO 600 MILE WIDE BAND TO THE SOUTH OF THE JET. EARLIER DEEP CONVECTION FAR SOUTHWEST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...WITH TOPS AS HIGH AS 55000 FT... DISSIPATED A FEW HOURS AGO. $$ KODAMA +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from WX-TROPL send e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU with "unsub wx-tropl" in the body of your message. For help with WX-TROPL write to cnovy@cox.net. For more information on tropical weather products, see the NHC Homepage at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov.