From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Oct 26 20:31:01 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 o9QCV0k6009873 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:31:01 +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 o9PMIHEc000583; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:30:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4058623 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:30:44 -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 o9QCUh0r001099 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:30:43 -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 o9QCUaaR010751 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:30:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id DA4BA4050023; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:30:34 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101026123034.DA4BA4050023@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:30:34 -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 379 ATHW40 PHFO 261230 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC TUE OCT 26 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 26 2010 THE LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED ABOUT 275 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WAS LOCATED FURTHER NORTHWEST OF THE AREA NEAR 30N179W...ALSO NEARLY STATIONARY. AN UPPER RIDGE DOMINATES THE AREA NORTH AND EAST OF 20N150W. THE UPPER TROUGH NEAR THE DATELINE IS PRODUCING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN THE AREA WITH A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN A WIDE BAND OF LAYERED CLOUDS. THE BAND IS AFFECTING THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM 30N172W TO 15N180W. THE THUNDERSTORM TOPS IN THIS BAND ARE NEAR 50000 FEET. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF MAINLY HIGH CLOUDINESS IS SURGING NORTHWARD AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THIS BAND COVERS THE ENTIRE MAIN ISLAND CHAIN AND STRETCHES NORTH TO 27N AND SOUTH TO THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...ITCZ...AROUND 10N...WHICH IS PROVIDING THE MOISTURE SOURCE FOR THIS UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERS TO AREA BETWEEN 10N AND 08N...ALONG THE ITCZ. DUE TO THE HIGH CLOUDS COVERING THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...LOWER LEVEL CLOUD FEATURES ARE NOT ABLE TO BE SEEN WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY. HOWEVER USING RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN BE FOUND OVER MOST OF KAUAI...OAHU AND THE WINDWARD WATERS OF OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY. SHOWERS ARE ALSO PERSISTENT ON WINDWARD MAUI AND MOLOKAI. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO OVER THE KONA COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. IN AREAS FREE FROM THE ISLAND TERRAIN...THE LOW CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH. $$ BRENCHLEY +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.