From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Oct 20 20:29:10 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 o9KCT9MX017613 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:29:10 +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 o9KBit7k000580; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:28:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3964674 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:28:35 -0500 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9KCSZIp003720 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:28:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9KCSTIT021557 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:28:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id BB48640502F6; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:28:28 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101020122828.BB48640502F6@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:28:28 -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 990 ATHW40 PHFO 201228 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC WED OCT 20 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 20 2010 EXCEPT FOR PATCHY HIGH CLOUDS DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST... SKIES OVER THE SMALLER ISLANDS WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. THE WINDWARD SIDE OF KAUAI NEAR LIHUE AND THE HANA COAST WERE THE ONLY PLACES WHERE THERE WERE SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS. EXCEPT FOR BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EAST OF MAUI...WATERS SURROUNDING THE ISLANDS WERE CLEAR AS WELL. CLOUD TOPS WERE FOR THE MOST PART UP TO 4000 FEET. THE OVERCAST CLOUDS THAT BLANKETED THE BIG ISLAND SIX HOURS AGO WERE SLOWLY DISSIPATING WHILE ROLLING OFFSHORE IN LAND BREEZES. MOST OF THE ISLAND SAT UNDER BROKEN BUT STEADILY DECREASING CLOUDS. CLOUD TOPS WERE UP TO 12000 FEET. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...CB...PERSISTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EAST OF HILO. CB TOPS WERE NEAR 38000 FEET. SCATTERED TOWERING CUMULUS...TCU...AND CB WERE LOCATED SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM 16N180W TO 15N160W TO 260 MILES EAST OF HILO AT 20N151W...THEN TO 30N142W. THE BIGGEST CB WAS FAR SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AT 11N144W. THE TOP OF THIS CB WAS NEAR 55000 FEET. THE REST OF THE CB HAD TOPS BELOW 40000 FEET. TO THE NORTH...A 60 MILE WIDE LINE OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WAS STATIONARY ALONG A LINE FROM 30N146W TO 24N160W TO 27N169W. THESE CLOUDS WERE THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD COLD FRONT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...WHICH LOOKS AT FEATURES MAINLY ABOVE 24000 FT...SHOWED A TROUGH ALOFT IN AN ARC FROM 30N144W TO OVER THE BIG ISLAND TO 17N165W AND 17N180W. THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACCOMPANYING THE TROUGH WAS SETTING OFF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. $$ 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.