From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Oct 13 13:39:38 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 o9D5dbHL020499 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:39:38 +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 o9CKppLg017124; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:39:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3864041 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:39:20 -0500 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9D5dK6t024672 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:39:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9D5dDXX017209 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:39:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id E684840501E6; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:39:09 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101013053912.E684840501E6@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:39:09 -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 291 ATHW40 PHFO 130538 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC WED OCT 13 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC OCTOBER 13 2010 WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH JUST TO THE EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND WITH AN AXIS FROM 27N146W TO 14N159W. SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS INDICATE A 75 MPH JET STREAK ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE TROUGH. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH HAS AN AXIS FROM 17N151W TO 10N155W. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF DENSE LAYERED CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS WITH TOPS TO 45 KFT AND IS BOUNDED BETWEEN 08N TO 18N AND TO 144W TO 156W. CIRRUS CLOUDS FROM THE JET STREAM RUN TO THE NORTHEAST OF THIS BOUNDED AREA. UPSTREAM OF THE STATE...AN AREA OF SHOWERY CUMULUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ARE LOCATED OVER THE HAWAIIAN WINDWARD COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS. THESE CLOUDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST TO WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE STATE THIS EVENING. THE CLOUDS AND ASSOCIATED SHOWERS ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND MOVE OVER THE STATE. FURTHER NORTH IS A STATIONARY FRONT IS POSITIONED ALONG AN AXIS FROM 38N142W TO 32N164W TO 35N178W AS IS CHARACTERIZED BY A 150 MILE WIDE BAND OF OVERCAST STRATUS CLOUDS. THE ASSOCIATED LONG WAVE UPPER TROUGH AND MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE IS PRODUCING AREAS OF LAYERED CLOUDS WITH TOPS AROUND 35 KFT. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...AS MENTIONED MUCH OF THE WINDWARD WATERS HAVE BROKEN CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS. KAUAI HAS CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE MOST OF THE ISLAND THIS EVENING. OAHU ALSO HAS BROKEN CLOUDS WITH SOME CLEARING ACROSS THE EWA PLAIN. MOLOKAI HAS BROKEN CLOUDS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ISLAND WITH CLEARING OVER THE WESTERN HALF. MAUI HAS CLOUDS ACROSS THE LEEWARD SIDE OF THE ISLAND AND A FEW CLOUDS NEAR HANA. THE BIG ISLAND HAS OVERCAST CLOUD BUILD UPS OVER MOST OF THE ISLAND INTERIOR UP TO 9 KFT IN ELEVATION. FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII IN THE ITCZ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COVER AN AREA BETWEEN 05N AND 14N ALONG THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN. CLOUD TOPS REACH TO 47 KFT IN HEIGHT. $$ FOSTER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.