From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Oct 13 02:33:57 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 o9CIXuc7021278 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:33:56 +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 o9C7UZaS017124; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:33:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3856580 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:33:26 -0500 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9CIXQPH026143 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:33:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9CIXIUb006297 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:33:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 546C9108B000B; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:33:16 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101012183316.546C9108B000B@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:33:16 -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 217 ATHW40 PHFO 121833 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC TUE OCT 12 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 12 2010 ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF KAUAI...AND EXTEND OFFSHORE TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST ACROSS NIIHAU. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ALSO COVER THE SLOPES OF THE KOOLAU RANGE ON OAHU...AND EASTERN MOLOKAI EAST OF KAMALO. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF LANAI. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...AND EASTERN SLOPES OF HALEAKALA FROM NAHIKU TO HANA TO KAUPO BELOW 6000 FT. ON THE BIG ISLAND...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE LOCATED OVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE KOHALA RANGE. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER PORTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH HILO DISTRICTS BELOW 4000 FT...AND PUNA DISTRICT INLAND FROM THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THESE CLOUDS EXTEND 20 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD COAST. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS COVER WESTERN KAU DISTRICT WEST OF WOOD VALLEY BELOW 8000 FT...AND SOUTH KONA DISTRICT SOUTH OF HONAUNAU. THESE CLOUDS EXTEND UP TO 80 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. BEYOND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...AN AREA OF SHOWERY OPEN CELL CUMULUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED FROM 21N TO 26N BETWEEN 151W AND 156W...OR OVER THE WINDWARD OFFSHORE WATERS. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 MPH. FARTHER TO THE EAST...AN AREA OF MORE STABLE STRATOCUMULUS AND CLOSED CELL CUMULUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF 149W. THESE CLOUDS ARE GREATEST IN COVERAGE BETWEEN 20N AND 23N. CLOUD MOTION IS TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS IN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTEND AS FAR NORTH AS 15N EAST OF 153W...AND AS FAR NORTH AS 13N WEST OF 174W. CLOUD TOPS EXTEND UP TO 48000 FT. BROKEN TO OVERCAST CIRRUS AND CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS EXTEND FARTHER NORTH FROM THE CONVECTION...AND ARE LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 23N180 TO 12N158W TO 21N140W. ANOTHER AREA OF BROKEN CIRRUS AND CIRROCUMULUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED GENERALLY NORTH OF 26N BETWEEN 157W AND 169W. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. $$ BRAVENDER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.