From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Oct 22 02:38:02 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 o9LIc1xt032411 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:38:02 +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 o9L3D4us014749; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:37:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3985519 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:37:43 -0500 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9LIbh4v008059 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:37:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9LIbbnk023089 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:37:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 312FC405042A; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:37:37 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101021183737.312FC405042A@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:37:37 -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 796 ATHW40 PHFO 211837 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC THU OCT 21 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 21 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL LOW IS MORE THAN 2100 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU NEAR 45.5N 134.2W. A BATCH OF LOW CLOUDS MOVED OVER OAHU ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO...AND THESE CLOUDS CONTINUE TO COVER MOST OF OAHU AT 8 AM. THE AREA OF CLOUDS EXTENDS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF OAHU...AND ABOUT 85 MILES TO THE SOUTH. TO THE SOUTH OF OAHU...SOME OF THE CLOUD TOPS ARE REACHING NEAR 24000 FEET. ASIDE FROM THE CLOUDS OVER OAHU...THE REMAINING ISLANDS HAVE JUST A FEW CLOUDS OVERHEAD. ON KAUAI...THE CLOUDS ARE OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE ISLAND....WHILE ON MOLOKAI...THE CLOUDS ARE FORMING OVER HALAWA VALLEY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ISLANDS. LANAI HAS CLOUDS ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES. SIMILARLY ON MAUI THE CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS AND THE EAST SLOPES OF HALEAKALA FROM HUELO TO HANA TO KIPAHULU. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND ON THE BIG ISLAND OVER THE PUNA DISTRICT NEAR CAPE KUMUKAHI. HIGH CLOUDS ARE NOTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING IN THE UPPER LEVEL WIND FLOW ON THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THE TROUGH IS ORIENTED ROUGHLY EAST TO WEST NEAR THE ISLANDS...WITH THE HIGH CLOUDS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND AT 8 AM. ITCZ THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOTED SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS THIS MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SOUTH OF 15N AND WEST OF 164W WITH TOPS REACHING NEAR 51000 FEET. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.