From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 24 02:30:39 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 o9NIUb6O030657 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:30:38 +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 o9N518Lv021767; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:30:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4012263 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:30:22 -0500 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9NIUL9C019871 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9NIUFRX018127 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 6F20A405001E; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:30:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101023183014.6F20A405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:30:14 -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 735 ATHW40 PHFO 231830 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT OCT 23 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 23 2010 A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25N 140W EXTENDS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG 25N THAT STRETCHES 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. THE WATER VAPOR CHANNEL SHOWS ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WITH THE POLAR AND SUBTROPICAL JET MOVING WEST TO EAST 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. FOR THE ISLANDS...SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE ENTIRE STATE THIS MORNING EXCEPT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER WINDWARD KAUAI...THE KOOLAU MTS...EXTREME EASTERN MOLOKAI...AND WINDWARD AREAS OF MAUI. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS OVER THE WINDWARD WATERS LIGHT ARE MOVING ALONG WITH THE LIGHT SSE FLOW. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS OVER THE LEEWARD WATERS ARE MOVING WEST. FAR SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE BETWEEN 7N TO 11N 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.