From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Oct 18 02:30:52 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 o9HIUp9v018432 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:30:51 +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 o9G400rg028194; Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:30:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3924104 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:30:36 -0500 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9HIUaCe028393 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:30:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9HIUTIx029766 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:30:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id CCC3740501A6; Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:30:29 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101017183029.CCC3740501A6@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:30:29 -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 159 ATHW40 PHFO 171830 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SUN OCT 17 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 17 2010 AS OF 8 AM...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WERE RELEGATED TO THE EASTERN HALF OF KAUAI...THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS AND OLOMANA ON OAHU... THE SEA CLIFFS OF MOLOKAI...AND THE HANA COAST OF MAUI. THE REST OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS...INCLUDING ALL OF LANAI...WERE UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. ON THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN CLOUDS COVERED MOST OF THE HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS...AND CLEAR SKIES WERE SEEN ELSEWHERE OVER THE ISLAND. LOW CLOUDS WERE SCATTERED TO BROKEN OVER COASTAL WATERS NORTHEAST OF MAUI COUNTY...AND OVER WATERS SURROUNDING THE BIG ISLAND. SKIES OVER WATERS SURROUNDING THE REMAINING ISLANDS WERE CLEAR OR HAD SCATTERED CLOUDS. CLOUD TOPS...EXCEPT FOR THE PATCHY CIRRUS MENTIONED BELOW... RANGED FROM 7000 TO 10000 FEET. THE CLOUDS OVER WATER WERE MOVING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH...WHILE THOSE OVER LAND WERE ANCHORED TO THE MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED TWO UPPER LEVEL LOWS CONNECTED BY A BROAD TROUGH. ONE LOW...THE LARGER OF THE TWO...WAS CENTERED WEST OF THE STATE NEAR 21N165W. IT WAS TRIGGERING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN A STATIONARY AREA FROM 07N TO 24N BETWEEN 165W TO 180W. THUNDERSTORM TOPS RAN FROM 40000 TO 50000 FEET. A SECOND SMALLER LOW WAS CENTERED NORTH OF THE BIG ISLAND NEAR 27N154W. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 35000 FEET WERE WITHIN 120 MILES OF THE LOW. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE LOWS WAS CARRYING PATCHY HIGH CLOUDS UP OVER THE STATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE CIRRUS CLOUDS WERE UP NEAR 25000 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.