From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 16 08:30:48 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 o9G0UlX1012244 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:30:48 +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 o9FFhbew022943; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:30:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3908794 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:30:32 -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 o9G0UWCj014488 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:30:32 -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 o9G0UPDg026316 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:30:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id B6BAF40501A6; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:30:25 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101016003025.B6BAF40501A6@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:30:25 -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 836 ATHW40 PHFO 160030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SAT OCT 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 16 2010 HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS FAR NORTH OF THE ISLANDS WITH THE ASSOCIATED RIDGE ORIENTED EAST TO WEST ACROSS LATITUDE 35N. A STALLED AND DECAYING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SITS BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND THE ISLANDS WHILE STRETCHING FROM 150W TO 170W ALONG 29N. THE BOUNDARY...AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...ARE CREATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 25N TO 30N FROM 160W TO 170W. TRADE WINDS PRODUCED BY THE HIGH PRESSURE ARE MOVING LOW CLOUDS FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL CENTRAL PACIFIC AT 10 TO 20 MPH. SKY COVER IS PREDOMINANTLY SCATTERED WITH PATCHES OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA. WATER VAPOR SHOWS A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW LOCATED OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 28N 168W. THE TROUGH AND SUBTROPICAL JET ARE ALSO PRODUCING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 15N 160W AND IN THE VICINITY OF 13N 140W. A PATCH OF OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS CENTERED 150 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI HAS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT WITH TOPS REACHING 35 THOUSAND FEET. BETWEEN 20 AND 120 MILES NE OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY...ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULUS ARE MOVING 15 MPH TOWARD THE SW. CLOUD TOPS IN THESE TCU/S ARE REACHING 12 THOUSAND FEET. ON THE BIG ISLAND...SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY FROM THE LOWER SLOPES UP TO 8 THOUSAND ALONG THE LEEWARD COAST...HAMAKUA DISTRICT AND KAU DISTRICT. FROM HILO TO VOLCANO SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH SOME THIN CLOUD COVER FORMING UPSLOPE. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXIST ALONG THE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA WITH CLOUDS RINGING THE MOUNTAIN UP TO 8 THOUSAND FEET BEFORE CLEARING AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE COAST. THE REST OF THE STATE HAS PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER THE WINDWARD HIGHER TERRAIN WHILE THE REMAINING AREAS ARE MOSTLY CLEAR. $$ MORRISON +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.