From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Oct 14 13:01:55 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 o9E51rS3019753 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:01:55 +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 o9E50e7E008887; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:01:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3881649 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:01:18 -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 o9E50M8M008456 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:22 -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 o9E50FEP013279 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 2089D40501E6; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101014050015.2089D40501E6@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:14 -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 318 ATHW40 PHFO 140500 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC THU OCT 14 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0430 UTC OCTOBER 14 2010 A BAND OF MIDDLE AND HIGH CLOUDS...ORIENTED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST...HAS BEEN MOVING OVER KAUAI FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. AT THE LOWER LEVELS...MOST AREAS AROUND THE ALOHA STATE ARE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. THE REMAINING LOW CEILINGS HAVE BEEN FAVORING WINDWARD...MAUKA...AND UPSLOPE SECTIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL ISLES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE ON THE BIG ISLAND...THOUGH SKIES HAVE RECENTLY BECOME NEARLY CLEAR IN HAMAKUA AND WINDWARD NORTH KOHALA. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS FROM THE EAST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EXIST WEST OF NIIHAU...AND WEST CLOCKWISE THROUGH NORTH OF KAUAI. PATCHY SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY BROKEN LOW CLOUDINESS IS EVIDENT NORTH CLOCKWISE THROUGH EAST OF MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND. ALL THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST WITH THE PREVAILING TRADE FLOW. IGNORING ANY MIDDLE AND HIGH CLOUDINESS...CONDITIONS ARE OTHERWISE CLEAR TO SCATTERED IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. A FRONT IS MORE THAN 450 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI AND HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTH SLOWLY...THOUGH IT APPEARS TO BE STALLING ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF 30N. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN THE AREA FROM 27.5N TO 30N BETWEEN 154W AND 164W. ALOFT ABOVE 25 THOUSAND FEET...THE AXIS OF A NORTHEAST-TO-SOUTHWEST ORIENTED STATIONARY TROUGH IS JUST OVER AND EAST OF THE ISLANDS. ANOTHER TROUGH...WEAKER AND LESS PRONOUNCED AREALLY...HAS BEGUN TO MOVE OVER KAUAI FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. IT IS THIS LATTER FEATURE THAT IS INDUCING THE MIDDLE AND HIGH CLOUDINESS OVER THE GARDEN ISLE...AS MENTIONED IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. AT THE MOMENT...NEITHER TROUGH IS AFFECTING SURFACE WEATHER APPRECIABLY NEAR THE ISLES...THOUGH A SWATH OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST HIGH CLOUDS IS BEING GENERATED ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE MAIN TROUGH WELL EAST OF THE STATE. UNORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FIRING ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN IGNITING FROM 07.5N TO 13.5N BETWEEN 154W AND THE DATE LINE AT 180. $$ KINEL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.