From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 30 02:34:07 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 o9TIY6hp029235 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:34:06 +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 o9TIOX2q021767; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:33:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4120394 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:33:55 -0500 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9TIXs3t016930 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:33:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9TIXl3E016606 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:33:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 39CD7405001E; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:33:46 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101029183347.39CD7405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:33:46 -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 174 ATHW40 PHFO 291833 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC FRI OCT 29 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC OCTOBER 29 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 20N169W...OR ABOUT 700 MILES WEST OF HONOLULU. THIS LOW IS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IS LOCATED NEAR 24N179E...MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. AN AREA OF CONVECTION IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOW...GENERALLY FROM 18N TO 20N BETWEEN 166W AND 171W. CLOUD TOPS WITH THE CONVECTION IN THIS AREA EXTEND UP TO 32000 FT. AN AREA OF CIRRUS AND CIRROCUMULUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTH OF 15N WEST OF 155W...AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION IN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. HOWEVER...A NARROW BAND OF HIGH CLOUDS EXTENDS FARTHER NORTHEAST. THIS BAND IS 100 MILES WIDE...AND THE NORTHERN EDGE EXTENDS FROM 16N161W TO 19N150W...PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. AT LOWER LEVELS...A REMNANT CLOUD BAND FROM A DISSIPATED FRONT IS EMBEDDED IN THE TRADE WIND FLOW. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE CLOUD BAND EXTENDS FROM 24N140W TO 23N160W TO 24N174W. THESE CLOUDS COVER PORTIONS OF KAUAI AND OAHU...AND ARE LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF MOLOKAI AND MAUI. THIS BAND IS COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF SHOWERY CUMULUS CLOUDS. HOWEVER...WEST OF 165W...OR NEAR THE UPPER LOW MENTIONED ABOVE...THE BAND IS COMPOSED OF TOWERING CUMULUS AND CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS. CLOUD TOPS IN THIS AREA EXTEND UP TO 37000 FT. CLOUDS WITHIN THE BAND ARE MOVING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. NORTH OF THE BAND...CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER THE INTERIOR AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF KAUAI. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER WINDWARD AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OAHU...WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ACROSS LEEWARD AREAS. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER EASTERN MOLOKAI...AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF LANAI. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ALSO COVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...AND WINDWARD SLOPES OF HALEAKALA FROM HANA TO KIPAHULU. ON THE BIG ISLAND...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE KOHALA RANGE. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO LOCATED OVER THE KONA COAST FROM KEAHOLE TO CAPTAIN COOK. BROKEN CLOUDS COVER THE MIDDLE SLOPES OF NORTH AND SOUTH HILO DISTRICTS BETWEEN 4000 FT AND 8000 FT. SCATTERED TO BROKEN CIRRUS ELEMENTS ARE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN KAU AND PUNA DISTRICTS. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE PART OF THE LARGER BAND OF HIGH CLOUDS DESCRIBED ABOVE. $$ BRAVENDER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.