From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Oct 21 02:37:51 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 o9KIbnmh003500 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:37:50 +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 o9KBitfl000580; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:37:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3970528 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:37:12 -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 o9KIbCSd015682 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:37:12 -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 o9KIb5bc029867 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:37:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4C858405039A; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:37:05 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101020183705.4C858405039A@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:37:05 -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 078 ATHW40 PHFO 201836 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC WED OCT 20 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 20 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING...WHICH HELPED TO SPARK SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE FOUND AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TROUGH AND IN THE ITCZ CENTERED AROUND 10N. THE MOST ACTIVE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND ALONG A LINE FROM 10N 132W TO 10N 145W WITH CLOUD TOPS REACHING NEAR 55 THOUSAND FEET. LOW CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE MOVING IN FROM THE EAST BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH. MOST LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND UPSTREAM OF OAHU TO THE BIG ISLAND...THAN UPSTREAM OF KAUAI AND THE KAUAI CHANNEL. LOW CLOUDS ARE CONCENTRATED OVER THE EAST SIDES OF THE ISLANDS AT 8 AM. ON KAUAI...A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE ISLAND...WITH SKIES VIRTUALLY CLOUD FREE OVER NIIHAU. ON OAHU...LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE KOOLAU RANGE AND OVER THE ADJACENT COAST. LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE HALAWA VALLEY ON EASTERN MOLOKAI...WITH ADDITIONAL CLOUDS FOUND OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ISLAND AS WELL. ON LANAI...CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE NORTH FACING SLOPES. ON MAUI...CLOUDS COVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...AND ARE FOUND ALONG THE NORTH THROUGH EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA FROM KANAHA BEACH PARK TO HANA TO KIPAHULU. ON THE BIG ISLAND...CLOUDS ARE THICKEST OF THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS FROM HAWI TO PAAUILO. ADDITIONAL CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE LOWER SLOPES FROM LAUPAHOEHOE TO CAPE KUMUKAHI AND INLAND IN THE PUNA DISTRICT TO THE MOUNTAIN VIEW AREA. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.