From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Oct 12 20:37:38 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 o9CCbbfs002702 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:37:37 +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 o9CAQ1ms028161; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:37:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3849943 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:37:22 -0500 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9CCbM7m010603 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:37:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9CCbF87005723 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:37:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 34109108B0009; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:37:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101012123715.34109108B0009@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:37:15 -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 532 ATHW40 PHFO 121237 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC TUE OCT 12 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 12 2010 NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRADE WIND CLOUDS AROUND THE SMALLER ISLANDS AT THIS WRITING. NAMELY... THEY ARE SCATTERED TO BROKEN ALONG NORTHEAST FACING COASTS AND LOWER SLOPES...BROKEN TO OVERCAST OVER HIGHER TERRAIN...AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DOWNWIND OR WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF MAUI HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY FREE OF CLOUDS OVER THE LAST 6 HOURS...WHILE CLOUDS HAVE COME AND GONE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS. CLOUD TOPS ARE NEAR 7500 FEET. THE BIG ISLAND HAS BROKEN CLOUDS ALONG THE HAMAKUA AND PUNA COASTS AND BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS ALONG THE SOUTH KONA COAST BETWEEN KAILUA-KONA AND MILOLII. THE REST OF THE ISLAND APPEARS TO BE SITTING UNDER CLEAR SKIES. CLOUD TOPS ARE NEAR 9500 FEET. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS SURROUND THE ISLANDS...EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE CLOUDS ARE MOST CONCENTRATED IN A 150 MILE WIDE BAND ARCING FROM WEST OF KAUAI SOUTH THEN SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE SOUTH KONA COAST. WITH THE CLOUDS MOVING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH...THE BAND WILL PROCEED SMARTLY AWAY FROM THE STATE. HOWEVER...BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS EXTENDING HUNDREDS OF MILES TO THE EAST NORTHEAST ARE HEADED TOWARD THE SMALLER ISLANDS. A SUBTROPICAL JETSTREAM IS LOCATED SOUTH OF HAWAII...RUNNING ALONG A LINE FROM WEST OF KAUAI NEAR 24N170W SOUTHEASTWARD TO SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND NEAR 12N156W THEN NORTHEASTWARD TO EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND NEAR 20N140W. SOUTH OF THE JETSTREAM IS A 400 TO 600 MILE WIDE BAND OF LAYERED CLOUDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PINPOINT THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...ITCZ...ALONG A LINE FROM 14N180W TO 08N170W TO 08N153W TO 12N150W AND 09N140W. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST NUMEROUS FROM 09N TO 14N BETWEEN 140W AND 151W AND FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 170W AND 180W. $$ CRAIG +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.