From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 24 20:00:28 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 o9OC0RxM006567 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:00:28 +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 o9OBCY5O021767; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:00:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4020123 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:00:12 -0500 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9OC0CKp027191 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:00:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9OC060l023490 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:00:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 112F6405001E; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:00:05 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101024120006.112F6405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:00:05 -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 764 ATHW40 PHFO 241200 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1200 UTC SUN OCT 24 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1130 UTC OCTOBER 24 2010 SKIES ARE NEARLY CLEAR ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN THIS EARLY MORNING. THE ONLY AREAS WHERE LOW CEILINGS APPEAR TO BE OCCURRING FROM TIME TO TIME ARE THE WEST-FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA IN EAST MAUI...AND COASTAL AND LOWER UPSLOPE SECTIONS IN NORTH AND SOUTH KONA ON THE BIG ISLAND. LOW CLOUD MOTION IS FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH ACROSS THE ALOHA STATE...WITH SPEEDS DECREASING MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST UP THE CHAIN. SMALL PATCHES OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS...SOME WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS... EXIST NORTHEAST CLOCKWISE THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND ARE HEADING WEST WITH THE PREVAILING TRADE FLOW. PLUME CLOUDS ARE PRODUCING OCCASIONAL LOW CEILINGS WEST OF THE ISLE. CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ARE CLEAR TO SCATTERED. ALOFT ABOVE 25 THOUSAND FEET...A WEAK LOW...CENTERED NEAR 17.5N 156.5W AS OF BULLETIN TIME...HAS BEEN PUSHING WEST NEAR 15 MPH OVER THE PAST SEVEN HOURS. THE SYSTEM...ABOUT 270 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU...HAS BEEN INDUCING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11.5N TO 14.5N BETWEEN 154W AND 159W. A SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO EVIDENT NEAR 16.5N 161.5W...OR 415 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU. ADDITIONALLY...SWATHS OF HIGH CLOUDS HAVE BEEN STREAKING NORTH AND NORTHEAST IN THE AREA TO THE EAST CLOCKWISE THROUGH SOUTH OF THE LOW. UNORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. THE CONVECTION IS FOUND IN TWO AREAS. THE FIRST STRETCHES FROM 06.5N TO 10N BETWEEN 128W AND 148W...AND THE OTHER FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 153W AND 177E. A FEW CELLS ARE TOWERING ABOVE 50 THOUSAND FEET...LOCATED FROM 06.5N TO 09N BETWEEN 176W AND 179E AS OF THIS WRITING. $$ 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.