From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Oct 29 20:27:40 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 o9TCRdAD013361 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:27:40 +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 o9SLvlRS021767; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:26:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4115560 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:26:35 -0500 Received: from relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (relay04.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.5]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9TCQZCT022616 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:26:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9TCQSJM028607 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:26:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7EF92405001E; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:26:28 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101029122628.7EF92405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:26:28 -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 535 ATHW40 PHFO 291226 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC FRI OCT 29 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 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. THIS CLOUD BAND HAS BEEN MOVING INTO WINDWARD SECTIONS OF KAUAI AND OAHU OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS WITH THE SOUTHERN EDGE NOW BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO MAUI COUNTY. 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 BETWEEN 150 AND 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 MOST OF KAUAI AND OAHU INCLUDING THE SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS. AS MENTIONED ABOVE THE SOUTHERN EDGE IS MOVING INTO WINDWARD PORTIONS OF MOLOKAI AND MAUI. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO SEEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND MAINLY THE WINDWARD SLOPES AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE KONA COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. 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.