From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Oct 27 20:30:36 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 o9RCUZ8E001633 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:30:35 +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 o9R3WWMH021767; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:30:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4082891 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:30:21 -0500 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9RCUL42012290 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9RCUF0G029167 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 1DE1B405001E; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:30:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101027123015.1DE1B405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:30:14 -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 368 ATHW40 PHFO 271230 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC WED OCT 27 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 27 2010 A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL LOW IS OBSERVED ON THE WATER VAPOR LOOP CENTERED AROUND 23N169W MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS ALONG EASTERN FLANK OF THIS LOW REMAIN OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS EARLY THIS MORNING BUT CONTINUE TO THIN OUT OR DRIFT NORTH OF THE ISLANDS. THE OVERALL NORTHWARD PROGRESSION OF THE HIGH CLOUDS HAVE STOPPED DUE TO NORTHERLY WINDS ALOFT NORTH OF 25N. THE CLOUDS ARE NOW COMPACTED INTO AN AREA BETWEEN 20N AND 25N AND 150W TO 163W. BASED ON RADAR...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND SCATTEROMETER PASSES...A STRONG TRADE-WIND SHOWER REGIME IS GOING ON OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DUE TO A HIGH NEAR 38N159W. RADAR IS TRACKING SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING MOSTLY OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA PORTIONS OF THE ISLANDS...WITH SOME OF THEM CARRYING OVER TO LEEWARD AREAS. OVER HAWAIIAN COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS...BROKEN CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE TRACKING WESTWARD TOWARDS THE ISLANDS AND AGAINST THE MOUNTAINS AT 20 TO 25 MPH. MOST OF THESE CLOUDS ARE BETWEEN 20N TO 29N AND EXTEND FAR BACK INTO THE EASTERN CENTRAL PACIFIC. ELSEWHERE...ANOTHER UPPER LOW IS CENTERED AT 29N173E AND IS TRAVELING WESTWARD OUT OF THE AREA. DENSE LAYERED CLOUDS LINE THE EASTERN FLANK OF THIS LOW AND COVER AN AREA FROM THE ITCZ NEAR 10N TO 35N AND 177W TO 176E. SOUTH OF 20N...EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED WITHIN THE CLOUD BAND AND EXTEND TO 50 KFT IN HEIGHT. FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII...IN THE ITCZ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RUN BETWEEN 06N TO 11N AND 148W TO 178W. STORM TOPS REACH 52 KFT IN HEIGHT IN THIS AREA. $$ FOSTER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.