From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 16 20:39:51 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 o9GCdohM030162 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:39:51 +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 o9G400Bw028194; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:39:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3913977 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:39:32 -0500 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9GCdWdJ006880 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:39:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9GCdQZT007573 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:39:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 418F6108B0002; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:39:26 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101016123926.418F6108B0002@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:39:26 -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 529 ATHW40 PHFO 161239 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC SAT OCT 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 16 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OVERNIGHT. THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NOT THAT FAR FROM THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ONE AREA OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS ABOUT 300 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI AT 2 AM...WITH ANOTHER AREA OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 400 TO 600 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE GARDEN ISLE. HIGH CLOUDS ARE STREAMING OVER THE PORTIONS OF MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND FROM THE SOUTHWEST IN THE UPPER LEVEL WIND FLOW. THE HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND ARE OBSCURING LOWER CLOUDS OVER THE ISLAND AT 2 AM. NIIHAU IS CLOUD FREE AT 2 AM. SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER KAUAI OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND. ON OAHU...CLOUDS BLANKET MUCH OF THE KOOLAU RANGE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS...WITH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE KOOLAU/S SEEING THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF CLOUDS. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER MOLOKAI AND LANAI AT 2 AM. HIGH CLOUDS PASSING OVER KAHOOLAWE ARE MAKING IT DIFFICULT ON SATELLITE TO DISCERN LOWER CLOUDS OVER THE ISLAND...BUT SATELLITE LOOPS SUGGEST JUST A FEW LOWER CLOUDS OVER THE ISLAND AT 2 AM. LOW CLOUDS HAVE DECREASED OVER MAUI SINCE SUNSET...WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS FOUND OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS AND THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. LOW CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF THE ISLANDS ARE MOVING IN FROM EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.