From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Oct 25 13:54:32 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 o9P5sUvS019682 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:54:32 +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 o9P2muHS021767; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:54:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4032573 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:54:17 -0500 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9P5sGXe022065 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:54:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9P5sA17029437 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:54:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 1FC8C4050020; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:54:10 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101025055410.1FC8C4050020@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:54:10 -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 172 ATHW40 PHFO 250554 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC MON OCT 25 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC OCTOBER 25 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW IS BRINGING HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM THE SOUTH. THESE HIGH CLOUDS EXTEND TO THE SOUTH INTO THE ITCZ. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ITCZ THIS EVENING ARE CONCENTRATED IN TWO AREAS. THE EASTERN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ALONG A LINE FROM 8N 145W TO 7N 154W. THE OTHER MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ITCZ IS IN AN AREA BETWEEN 6N AND 10N FROM 164W TO 174W. CLOUDS TOPS IN BOTH AREAS ARE NEAR 52000 FEET. THE HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE OBSCURING MOST OF THE ISLANDS FROM OAHU TO THE BIG ISLAND ISLAND...MAKING IT DIFFICULT ON SATELLITE TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF LOW CLOUD COVERAGE. THROUGH HOLES IN THE HIGH CLOUDS...SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS APPEAR OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS AND THE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. THE HIGH CLOUDS HAVE NOT YET REACHED KAUAI COUNTY AT 7PM. LOW CLOUDS ARE BUILDING OVER THE EAST SIDE OF KAUAI...WITH OTHER LOW CLOUDS PASSING OVER NIIHAU. LAYERED CLOUDS ARE ABOUT 1200 MILES NORTHWEST OF HONOLULU THIS EVENING...ASSOCIATED A FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN NOTED ALONG THE FRONT WITH CLOUD TOPS REACHING NEAR 47000 FEET AT 7 PM. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.