From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 23 20:00:36 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 o9NC0Zbp016759 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:00:36 +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 o9LB01qQ021698; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:00:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4008975 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:00:21 -0500 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9NC0K1x020303 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:00:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9NC0Egn006925 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:00:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4D0B9108B0002; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:00:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101023120014.4D0B9108B0002@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:00:14 -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 622 ATHW40 PHFO 231200 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1200 UTC SAT OCT 23 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1130 UTC OCTOBER 23 2010 SKIES ARE PREDOMINANTLY CLEAR OVER THE ALOHA STATE THIS EARLY MORNING. ON THE OTHER HAND...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN AFFECTING WINDWARD COASTAL AND WINDWARD UPSLOPE AREAS OF EAST MAUI...AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KONA ON THE BIG ISLAND. LOW CLOUD MOTION IS FROM THE EAST STATEWIDE...NEAR 15 MPH JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND SLOWING TO 10 MPH MOVING UP THE CHAIN TO KAUAI. A THIN NORTH-TO-SOUTH ORIENTED LINE OF SHOWERS IS ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE PUNA DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND...WHILE LOW CEILINGS AND SHOWERS ARE MORE PREVALENT JUST WEST OF THE ISLE. SMALL AREAS OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS EXIST SOUTHWEST OF MAUI COUNTY AND OAHU...AND SOUTH OF KAUAI. ELSEWHERE CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. UPPER AIR DIFFLUENCE HAS DECREASED FAR SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI SINCE LAST EVENING. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD BEEN FIRING BETWEEN 170W AND THE DATE LINE HAVE THUS DISSIPATED...THOUGH AN UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO INDUCE CONVECTION WEST OF THE DATE LINE. MOST OF THE HIGH CLOUDINESS THAT HAD BEEN WIDESPREAD SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS SEVEN HOURS AGO HAS ALSO DISSIPATED. UNORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO IGNITE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS FOUND FROM 07N TO 10N BETWEEN 132W AND 165W...AND FROM 06N TO 07.5N BETWEEN 168W AND 178W. SOME OF THE CELLS WITHIN 75 MILES OF 08.5N146.5W...OR 1165 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU...ARE RISING TO 50 THOUSAND FEET. $$ KINEL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.