From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 24 08:30:36 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 o9O0UZ3M012503 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:30:36 +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 o9N518X6021767; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:30:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4014822 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:30:21 -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 o9O0UL9s010821 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:30:21 -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 o9O0UFBx009425 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4B557405001E; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:30:13 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101024003014.4B557405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 23 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 793 ATHW40 PHFO 240030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SUN OCT 24 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 24 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. A WEAK UPPER LOW LOCATED WEST OF THE DATELINE NEAR 20N...IS PROVIDED ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO FORM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 19N 178W. ON THE BIG ISLAND...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES RING THE VOLCANOES ON THE BIG ISLAND FROM THE LOWER SLOPES TO 6 THOUSAND FEET. ON MAUI...MOST CLOUDY SKIES CAN BE FOUND ALONG THE LOWER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA EXCEPT THE LOWER SLOPES NEAR HANA WHERE SKIES ARE CLEAR. THE WEST MAUI MTS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LANAI AND MOLOKAI HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. ON OAHU...THE KOOLAU AND WAIANAE MTS HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. ON KAUAI...HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE REST OF THE ISLAND AREAS HAVE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. 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.