From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 30 08:25:59 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 o9U0PwOa019139 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:25:59 +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 o9S6n4A3001368; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:25:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4124379 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:25:37 -0500 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9U0Pbke013833 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:25:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9U0PUje004227 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:25:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id C6B48405001E; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:25:30 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101030002530.C6B48405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:25:30 -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 261 ATHW40 PHFO 300025 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SAT OCT 30 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 30 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 20N170W...OR ABOUT 800 MILES WEST OF HONOLULU. THIS LOW IS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH. AN AREA OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS AND TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS...WITH EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS...IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOW...GENERALLY FROM 17N TO 20N BETWEEN 169W AND 176W. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 30 MPH. CLOUD TOPS WITH THE CONVECTION IN THIS AREA EXTEND UP TO 30000 FT. AN AREA OF CIRRUS AND CIRROCUMULUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTH OF 16N WEST OF 158W...AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION IN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. IN ADDITION...A NARROW BAND OF HIGH CLOUDS EXTENDS FARTHER NORTHEAST...PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS BAND IS 100 MILES WIDE...AND THE NORTHERN EDGE EXTENDS FROM 17N160W TO 19N152W TO 18N148W. 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 BAND IS AROUND 100 MILES WIDE...AND THE NORTHERN EDGE EXTENDS FROM 23N140W TO 22N155W TO 23N171W. THESE CLOUDS COVER PORTIONS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS AND ADJACENT WATERS FROM KAUAI TO MAUI. THE 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 33000 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 ALL OF KAUAI AND NIIHAU. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS ALSO COVER OAHU...BUT WAVE CLOUDS CAN ALSO BE SEEN EXTENDING DOWNSTREAM OF THE KOOLAU RANGE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LARGER CLOUD DECK. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS ALSO COVER MOST OF MAUI COUNTY...INCLUDING UP TO THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA. ON THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE KOHALA RANGE...AND EXTEND ALONG THE HAMAKUA COAST BELOW 4000 FT. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER MUCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS...WITH THE THICKEST CLOUDS FOCUSED ACROSS THE MIDDLE SLOPES OF MAUNA KEA BETWEEN 6000 FT AND 10000 FT. BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS COVER MOST OF KAU DISTRICT BELOW 10000 FT...AS WELL AS NORTH AND SOUTH KONA DISTRICTS BELOW 10000 FT. THESE CLOUDS ALSO COVER PORTIONS OF UPPER HAMAKUA DISTRICT...WHERE CLOUDS EXTEND UP TO 12000 FT ACROSS LEEWARD SLOPES OF MAUNA KEA. $$ 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.