From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Oct 28 13:30:58 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 o9S5Uu41005113 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:30:57 +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 o9RHpuwJ021767; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:30:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4098869 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:30:19 -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 o9S5UJ6R015423 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:30:19 -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 o9S5UC5s001421 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:30:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8A4804050024; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:30:12 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101028053012.8A4804050024@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:30:12 -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 989 ATHW40 PHFO 280530 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC THU OCT 28 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC OCTOBER 28 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAKENING EAST TO WEST ORIENTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED ABOUT 275 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. THIS LOW IS DRAWING FURTHER TO THE WEST AND IS PULLING A NARROW BAND OF SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS MOST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS EVENING. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE GENERALLY MOVING OFF TOWARD THE WEST WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CLOUDS JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND WHICH ARE MOVING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTED BAND OF LOW CLOUDS IS SEEN MOVING WESTWARD IN A RATHER STRONG TRADE WIND ENVIRONMENT. THIS BAND OF CLOUDS IS PRIMARILY TAKING AIM AT WINDWARD PORTIONS OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND IS BOUNDED BETWEEN 19N TO 23N AND FAR UPSTREAM INTO THE EASTERN CENTRAL PACIFIC. RADAR IS SHOWING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ON RADAR...MOSTLY HITTING WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS...WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS CARRYING OVER TO LEEWARD SIDES. ABOUT 300 MILES NORTH OF HONOLULU IS A BAND OF STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT ADVANCING TO THE SOUTH. THIS BAND OF CLOUDS IS 175 MILES WIDE EXTENDING ALONG AN AXIS FROM 34N133W TO 27N151W TO 35N168W. FAR SOUTH OF THE STATE ALONG THE ITCZ IS A LARGE BAND OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE IN AN AREA FROM 05N TO 12N AND 139W TO 177W WITH TOPS EXTENDING TO 49 KFT. SOME HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE BEING BLOWN OFF THE TOPS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH BUT THEY PRESENTLY REMAIN WELL TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE. $$ 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.