From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Oct 26 08:33:08 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 o9Q0X6NF005675 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:33:07 +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 o9PHJNkO021767; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:32:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4050152 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:32:55 -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 o9Q0WtSI007150 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:32:55 -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 o9Q0Wn0q019177 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:32:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id E5FAE4050021; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:32:48 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101026003248.E5FAE4050021@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:32:48 -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 285 ATHW40 PHFO 260032 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC TUE OCT 26 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 26 2010 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW WAS CENTERED ABOUT 250 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI AND MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE LOW CONTINUED TO BRING HIGH CLOUDS UP OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE SOUTH. MOST OF THE CLOUDS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN 20 TO 30 THOUSAND FEET...AND WERE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW AT 30 TO 50 MPH. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THIN SPOTS AND BREAKS IN THE HIGH CLOUDS. BECAUSE OF THE BRISK TRADES...THERE WAS LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN CLOUD COVER UPWIND AND DOWNWIND OF THE ISLANDS. THE LOW CLOUDS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. TOPS WERE AT 6 TO 7 THOUSAND FEET. OTHER THAN THE HIGH CLOUDS...THE LOW ALOFT HAD NO EFFECT ON ISLAND WEATHER. THE HIGH CLOUDS WERE BEING BLOWN OFF THE TOPS OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN THUNDERSTORMS...CB...LOCATED ALONG THE ITCZ. THE ITCZ STRETCHED FROM 140W TO 180W BETWEEN 07N AND 10N. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF CB WAS BETWEEN 143W AND 152W...WHERE CB TOPS WERE NEAR 50 THOUSAND FEET. FAR TO THE NORTHWEST...LAYERED CLOUDS AND EMBEDDED CB WERE OBSERVED NORTHEAST THROUGH EAST AND SOUTH OF A LOW CENTERED NEAR 28N179W. THE BULK OF THE CLOUDS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 30N160W TO 20N175W TO 16N180W. CB TOPS WERE 45 TO 50 THOUSAND FEET. THE LOW AND AREA OF CLOUDS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. $$ 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.