From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 23 08:30:35 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 o9N0UYYE016709 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:30:35 +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 o9MFZ1ai014749; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:30:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4003499 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:30:20 -0500 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9N0UKo8004446 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:30:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9N0UE0X000198 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:30:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id F3993108B0002; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:30:13 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101023003013.F3993108B0002@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:30:13 -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 253 ATHW40 PHFO 230030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SAT OCT 23 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 23 2010 A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25N 140W EXTENDS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG 25N ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC. SOUTH OF THE RIDGE...BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND 20N...LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING 10 TO 25 MPH TOWARD THE WEST. FROM 25N TO 30N...LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BETWEEN 140W TO 170W. FROM 170W TO THE DATELINE...LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING 10 TO 20 MPH TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW TURNS CLOCKWISE AROUND THE RIDGE. LOW CLOUD COVER IS SCATTERED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WITH SMALL PATCHES OF BROKEN CLOUD COVER. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...THE POLAR AND SUBTROPICAL JET ARE DISPLAYING ZONAL...OR WEST TO EAST...FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC. THE POLAR JET IS CREATING A MASS OF LAYERED MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS COVERING THE AREA BETWEEN 33N AND 40N. THE SUBTROPICAL JET IS BRINGING A MUCH SMALLER AREA OF CIRRUS BETWEEN 150W AND 170W FROM 13N TO 17N. OVER THE ISLANDS...AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES ARE BRINGING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO THE WESTERN HALF OF KAUAI...THE LEE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA...THE LEE SLOPES AND COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND ALONG WITH THE HAMAKUA COAST AND THE KAU DISTRICT. THE REST OF HAWAII/S SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. FAR SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE BETWEEN 7N TO 12N BETWEEN 140W AND THE DATELINE. $$ 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.