From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Oct 26 02:29:28 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 o9PITRvf031557 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:29:28 +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 o9PHJN9A021767; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:29:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4043835 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:29:13 -0500 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9PITDMY009720 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:29:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9PIT6KX008928 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:29:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 6092C4050022; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:29:06 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101025182906.6092C4050022@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:29:06 -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 487 ATHW40 PHFO 251829 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC MON OCT 25 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 25 2010 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OBSERVED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT AROUND 15 MPH. COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE LOW WAS CARRYING HIGH CLOUDS UP OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE SOUTH. THE ENTIRE ISLAND CHAIN AND SURROUNDING WATERS WERE OBSCURED BY THE CLOUDS. MOST OF THE CLOUDS WERE BETWEEN 20 TO 30 THOUSAND FEET...AND WERE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW AT 30 TO 50 MPH. JUST EAST OF THE ISLANDS WHERE THERE WERE BREAKS IN THE HIGH CLOUDS ONE SAW SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE CLOUDS...MANY HAD SHOWERS. THE SOURCE OF THE HIGH CLOUDS WAS THE ITCZ LOCATED BETWEEN 07N AND 10N. THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED TO BROKEN ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ITCZ BETWEEN 140W AND 180W. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BETWEEN 143W AND 152W WHERE CLOUD TOPS WERE IN EXCESS OF 50 THOUSAND FEET. FAR TO THE NORTHWEST...LAYERED CLOUDS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH OF A LOW CENTERED NEAR 27N180W. THE BULK OF THE CLOUDS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 30N170W TO 20N175W TO 17N180W. THUNDERSTORM TOPS WERE 45 TO 50 THOUSAND FEET. THE LOW AND ALL OF THE CLOUDS WERE DRIFTING TO THE EAST. $$ CRAIG +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.