From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Oct 13 08:36:38 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 o9D0abtX003931 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:36:38 +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 o9CJXC0B025680; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:36:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3861061 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:36:23 -0500 Received: from relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (relay10.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.10]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9D0aNPP000662 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:36:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9D0aGis004657 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:36:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 47BF340501E6; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:36:09 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101013003612.47BF340501E6@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:36:09 -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 244 ATHW40 PHFO 130035 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC WED OCT 13 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 13 2010 ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER MUCH OF KAUAI AND OAHU...AND ARE GREATEST IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE INTERIORS OF THE ISLANDS. AN AREA OF LOW CLOUDS ALSO COVERS LEEWARD NIIHAU...AND EXTENDS 40 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER EASTERN MOLOKAI EAST OF A LINE FROM KALAUPAPA TO PUKOO...AND ALSO THE SOUTHERN SLOPES WEST OF KAUNAKAKAI. THESE CLOUDS EXTEND 25 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE WEST OF LAAU POINT. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER MAUKA LANAI...AS WELL AS LEEWARD SECTIONS BETWEEN KAUMALAPAU HARBOR AND LANAI CITY. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER THE WINDWARD AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...AND LOWER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA FROM KIPAHULU TO HUELO TO ULUPALAKUA BELOW 7000 FT. THESE CLOUDS ALSO EXTEND OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST AND COVER A PORTION OF KAHOOLAWE. ON THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER THE BULK OF THE LOWER SLOPES. CLOUDS EXTEND UP TO 8000 FT ACROSS WINDWARD SECTIONS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA...AND UP TO 10000 FT ACROSS LEEWARD SECTIONS. CLOUDS ARE ONLY SCATTERED TO BROKEN IN COVERAGE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF PUNA DISTRICT...AND ACROSS EASTERN KAU DISTRICT JUST WEST OF VOLCANO. CLOUDS ARE ALSO SCATTERED TO BROKEN ACROSS LEEWARD SLOPES OF THE KOHALA RANGE...AND ACROSS OF NORTH KOHALA DISTRICT NEAR UPOLU POINT. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EXTEND 30 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD COAST... AND BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS EXTEND 20 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE WEST OF THE KONA COAST. UPSTREAM OF THE STATE...AN AREA OF SHOWERY OPEN CELL CUMULUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED OVER THE WINDWARD OFFSHORE WATERS...GENERALLY FROM 21N TO 26N BETWEEN 152W AND 150W. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 MPH...AND HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT DURING THE DAY. FARTHER TO THE EAST...AN AREA OF MORE STABLE STRATOCUMULUS AND CLOSED CELL CUMULUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF 150W. 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 16N EAST OF 155W...AND AS FAR NORTH AS 13N WEST OF 173W. 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 26N180 TO 12N162W TO 22N140W. WEST OF 162W...THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. EAST OF 162W...THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 TO 80 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF BROKEN CIRRUS AND CIRROCUMULUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED GENERALLY NORTH OF 27N BETWEEN 155W AND 169W. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 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.