From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 24 13:01:03 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 o9O511DB024521 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:01:02 +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 o9MGVYwb001368; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4016677 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:42 -0500 Received: from relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (relay10.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.10]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9O50EKN025379 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9O5075h001327 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 85BB5405001E; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:07 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101024050007.85BB5405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:07 -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 230 ATHW40 PHFO 240500 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC SUN OCT 24 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0430 UTC OCTOBER 24 2010 SKIES ARE PREDOMINANTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN THIS EARLY EVENING. OCCASIONAL BROKEN LOW CLOUDINESS IS FAVORING WINDWARD AND MAUKA SECTIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL ISLES. THE BIG ISLAND IS SEEING THE MOST CLOUDINESS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES...AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF KAU AND SOUTH KONA. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS FROM THE EAST NEAR 20 MPH JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND SLOWS TO 15 MPH MOVING UP THE CHAIN TO KAUAI. CLOUDS COLLAPSING OFF THE BIG ISLAND ARE GENERATING LOW CEILINGS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLE. CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR TO SCATTERED ELSEWHERE IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. IN THE UPPER AIR ABOVE 25 THOUSAND FEET...THE AXIS OF A WEAK NORTHEAST-TO-SOUTHWEST ORIENTED TROUGH IS ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. A BAND OF HIGH CLOUDS IS STREAKING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST FLANK OF THE FEATURE. THE TROUGH IS ALSO HELPING TO IGNITE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12N TO 15N BETWEEN 152W AND 158W. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN UNORGANIZED FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. MOST OF THE CONVECTION IS LOCATED FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 129W AND 176E. SOME CELLS ARE CLIMBING TO OVER 50 THOUSAND FEET AS OF BULLETIN TIME...MAINLY IN THE AREA FROM 06N TO 08N BETWEEN 172W AND 176W. $$ 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.