From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Oct 27 02:32:45 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 o9QIWi8t008638 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:32:44 +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 o9QHD1EB021767; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:31:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4066599 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:31:54 -0500 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9QIVq5R015683 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:31:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9QIVkfs017608 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:31:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7A9184050024; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:31:46 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101026183146.7A9184050024@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:31:46 -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 930 ATHW40 PHFO 261831 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC TUE OCT 26 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 26 2010 BROKEN TO OVERCAST HIGH CLOUDS...CI...CONTINUE TO BLANKET THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THESE CLOUDS COMPLETELY OBSCURED LOWER LEVEL FEATURES ON NIGHTTIME INFRARED SATELLITE DATA...AND STILL PARTLY OBSCURE LOWER LEVEL FEATURES ON EARLY MORNING VISIBLE DATA. BASED ON RADAR...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND FROM WHAT CAN BE SEEN THROUGH GAPS IN THE CI...LOW CLOUDS ARE ISOLATED OVER MOST OF THE BIG ISLAND BUT THERE ARE BROKEN LOW CLOUDS OVER THE WINDWARD COAST FROM LAUPAHOEHOE TO CAPE KUMUKAHI AND THERE IS A SMALL PATCH OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS NEAR KEAHOLE POINT. SHOWERY BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER WINDWARD AREAS OF THE ISLANDS FROM MAUI TO KAUAI AND BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE OCCASIONALLY SPREADING LEEWARD OVER CENTRAL LANAI... MOLOKAI...OAHU AND KAUAI. LOW CLOUDS ARE ISOLATED OVER NIIHAU. THE LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE ISLANDS ARE MOSTLY SHOWERY CUMULUS CLOUDS. RADARS SHOW SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE SHOWERS OVER WINDWARD AREAS FROM MAUI TO KAUAI. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THE SHOWERS NEAR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE MOVING WEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. CI OBSCURES THE AREA IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM TO THE EAST OF THE ISLANDS BUT SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SCATTERED TO BROKEN SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS BEYOND THE CI EXTENDING SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES UPSTREAM OF THE ISLANDS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...WHICH SHOWS FEATURES MAINLY ABOVE 24000 FT... SHOWS A LOW ALOFT 350 MILES WEST OF KAUAI AT 22N165W. OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS THE LOW HAS MOVED NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. A 550 MILE WIDE AREA OF BROKEN CI ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 13N165W TO 15N169W OVER NIIHAU TO 350 MILES NORTH OF NIIHAU. OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS THE CI AREA HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY AND THE CI HAS THINNED. A 300 MILE WIDE BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS AND SCATTERED EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM 30N173W TO 20N175W. THIS BAND...ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT AND WITH A LOW AT 28N180W...HAS BEEN STATIONARY FOR THE PAST 12 HOURS. CB TOPS EXTEND UP TO 48000 FT. $$ DONALDSON +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.