From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Oct 18 13:30:11 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 o9I5UAKP021067 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:30:11 +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 o9I14a9k022864; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:29:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3929116 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:29:49 -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 o9I5TlCt011421 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:29:47 -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 o9I5Teit008011 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:29:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 314DC40501A6; Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:29:39 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101018052940.314DC40501A6@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:29:39 -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 617 ATHW40 PHFO 180529 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC MON OCT 18 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC OCTOBER 18 2010 HIGH PRESSURE IS CENTERED FAR NE OF THE ISLANDS NEAR 35N 145W AND EXTENDS A RIDGE TOWARD WSW. THE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM 30N 150W ACROSS TO 25N 170W. LOW CLOUDS SOUTH OF THE RIDGE ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WHILE NORTH OF THE RIDGE LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING NW AT 5 TO 10 MPH. LOW CLOUDS ARE MOSTLY SCATTERED ACROSS THE TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL CENTRAL PACIFIC WITH A FEW PATCHES OF BROKEN CLOUDS MIXED IN. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STRETCHES FROM 30N 150W TO THE SOUTHWEST OVER 20N AND THE DATELINE. THE LOW IS ENHANCING SOME LOW LEVEL CLOUD GROWTH NEAR 28N 152W AND ALSO NEAR 20N 170W WHERE ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULUS CAN BE SEEN ON IR SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE SUBTROPICAL JET IS PRODUCING LAYERED MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS FROM THE DATELINE TO 165W BETWEEN LATITUDES 8N AND 20N. THE JET MEANDERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BETWEEN 10 AND 20N AND IS CREATING A SMALLER AREAS OF MID AND UPPER CLOUDS NEAR 17N 141W ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS REACHING 38 THOUSAND FEET. KAUAI...OAHU...MOLOKAI AND LANAI ALL HAVE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE KOOLAU MTS WHERE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAIL. MAUI AND THE BIG ISLANDS HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH PATCHES OF PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES NEAR THE COASTS OF MAUI...AND THE LEEWARD UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE BIG ISLAND. $$ 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.