From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Oct 29 13:33:39 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 o9T5XbgX022291 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:33:38 +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 o9SLvlLZ021767; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:33:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4114190 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:33:17 -0500 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9T5XGmK001343 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:33:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9T5XAeM007006 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:33:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id EE9884050021; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:33:08 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101029053308.EE9884050021@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:33:08 -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 373 ATHW40 PHFO 290532 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC FRI OCT 29 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC OCTOBER 29 2010 THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CLOUD FEATURE SEEN IN THE VICINITY OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IS AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTED BAND OF SHOWERY LOOKING CLOUDS WHICH CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS THE DECAYING REMNANTS OF AN OLD COLD FRONT. THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THIS CLOUD BAND IS NOW MOVING OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF KAUAI AS WELL AS THE EXTREME NORTHERN TIP OF OAHU. THE BAND IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 15 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL CLOUDS ALONG THE BAND AND GENERALLY MOVING TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 2O MPH. THE BAND IS ABOUT 180 MILES WIDE. CLOUD TOPS ARE GENERALLY RUNNING AT BETWEEN 7000 FEET AND 10000 FEET. AS FAR AS CLOUD COVERAGE OVER THE ISLANDS THEMSELVES...THE ABOVE MENTIONED BAND IS CAUSING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF KAUAI. OVER OAHU LOW CLOUDS ARE PRIMARILY BANKED UP OVER THE SLOPES AND SUMMITS OF THE KOOLAU RANGE. JUST A FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN OVER EASTERN MOLOKAI WHILE LANAI WAS MOSTLY CLEAR. OVER MAUI LOW CLOUDS ARE BANKED UP OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SLOPES OF HALEAKALA AS WELL AS OVER THE SLOPES AND SUMMITS OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS. OVER THE BIG ISLAND LOW CLOUDS ARE BANKED UP OVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES FROM NORTH KOHALA SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO PRESENT OVER PORTIONS OF THE KONA AND KAU SLOPES. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES TO THE WEST OF KAUAI. SOME HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE BEING DRAWN UP FROM THE SOUTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS TROUGH. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE OCCASIONALLY MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM REMAIN JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE STATE. THESE HIGH CLOUDS HAVE THERE ORIGINS FROM DEEP CONVECTION ALONG THE ITCZ WHICH IS BASICALLY CENTERED ALONG 10N. $$ BURKE +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.