From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 17 02:26:05 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 o9GIQ43G001533 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:26:05 +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 o9G400Js028194; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:25:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3916011 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:25:32 -0500 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9GIPWYw003330 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:25:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9GIPPgx010502 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:25:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 99009108B0002; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:25:24 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101016182525.99009108B0002@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:25:24 -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 450 ATHW40 PHFO 161825 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT OCT 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 16 2010 AS OF 8 AM...VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER NORTHEAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE OVER THE SMALLER ISLANDS...INCLUDING ALL OF LANAI...SKIES WERE CLEAR OR THERE WERE ISOLATED CLOUDS. WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS NORTHEAST OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS HAD SCATTERED CLOUDS...EXCEPT FOR BROKEN CLOUDS HEADED TOWARDS KAUAI AND MAUI. SKIES OVER LEEWARD WATERS WERE ALMOST FREE OF LOW CLOUDS. THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST OF LAUPAHOEHOE HAD THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF LOW CLOUDS...I.E...BROKEN TO OVERCAST. THE REST OF THE ISLAND HAD ONLY A FEW LOW CLOUDS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED WEST OF HAWAII NEAR 22N172W AND A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH 30N155W. THE LOW WAS TRIGGERING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA FROM 12N TO 30N BETWEEN 162W AND 175W. THE CLOSEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 200 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI. THIN HIGH CLOUDS WERE MOVING OVER THE ISLANDS IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW EAST OF THE LOW AND TROUGH. LOW CLOUDS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 20 MPH. CLOUD TOPS WERE AT OR BELOW 9000 FEET. $$ CRAIG +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.