From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Oct 28 20:33:08 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 o9SCX6Rc028819 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:33:07 +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 o9S8U959021767; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:32:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4101510 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:32:51 -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 o9SCWp75011366 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:32:51 -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 o9SCWiBB016228 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:32:50 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 831354050024; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:32:44 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101028123244.831354050024@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:32:44 -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 128 ATHW40 PHFO 281232 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC THU OCT 28 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC OCTOBER 28 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAKENING EAST TO WEST ORIENTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED ABOUT 350 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. MOST OF THE HIGH CLOUDS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE DISSIPATED...JUST A FEW HIGH CLOUDS REMAIN OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. WATER VAPOR ALSO SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED AROUND 33N157W AND DIGGING SOUTHWARD. THE REFLECTED SURFACE HIGH IS CENTERED AT 37N161W THIS MORNING. THIS HIGH IS FAIRLY STRONG AND IS DRIVING STRONG TRADE WINDS OVER THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. TWO MAIN BANDS BROKEN CUMULUS AND STRATOCUMULUS ARE BEING PUSHED ALONG THE TRADES AT AROUND 25 MPH. THE FIRST IS A STRAIGHT EAST TO WEST BAND BETWEEN 17N TO 20N. MUCH OF THESE CLOUDS ARE BEING PUSHED AGAINST AND OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND BRINGING NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS MOST WINDWARD LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SHOWERS ARE BEING ANCHORED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MANY OF THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ARE ALSO BEING CARRIED ACROSS TO LEEWARD SIDES OF THE ISLANDS AS WELL. A SECOND BAND OF LOW CLOUDS IS ABOUT 230 MILES NORTH OF HONOLULU IS A BAND ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAKENING COLD FRONT ADVANCING TO THE SOUTH. THIS BAND OF CLOUDS IS 75 TO 175 MILES WIDE EXTENDING ALONG AN AXIS FROM 33N132W TO 25N151W TO 33N165W. BEHIND THE FRONT...FLAT CLOSED-CELL CUMULUS CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE HIGH COVER A LARGE AREA NORTH OF 28N...AND BETWEEN 139W TO 156W. A PLUME OF LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FAR NORTHEAST OF HAWAII IS TRACKING SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH AND IS BOUNDED BETWEEN 27N TO 35N AND 136W TO 144W. CLOUD TOPS ARE AROUND 30 KFT ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA. 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 133W TO 175W 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.