From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Oct 31 08:30:52 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 o9V0Upos024138 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:30:52 +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 o9TIOX0F021767; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:30:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4134145 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:30:14 -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 o9V0UE8I006572 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:30:14 -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 o9V0U7mE009471 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:30:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id DF45D405001E; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:30:07 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101031003007.DF45D405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:30:07 -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 756 ATHW40 PHFO 310030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SUN OCT 31 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC OCTOBER 31 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 21N173W...MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS LOW IS ABOUT 950 MILES WEST OF HONOLULU...OR 550 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDWAY ATOLL. AN AREA OF CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF THE UPPER LOW... GENERALLY BETWEEN 18N AND 20N W OF 176W. INDIVIDUAL CONVECTIVE CELLS ARE SHORT LIVED...BUT THEY ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH. CLOUD TOPS EXTEND UP TO 36000 FT. SOUTH OF THE UPPER LOW...AN AREA OF LAYERED UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS IS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION IN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. THESE CLOUDS ARE LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 17N180 TO 19N165W TO 18N157W. DISTINCT CLOUD MOTIONS CAN BE SEEN AT TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS. THE HIGHER LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 70 MPH. BELOW THESE CLOUDS...A THICKER LAYER OF CIRROSTRATUS AND CIRROCUMULUS CLOUDS IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE INTERIOR AND LEEWARD SECTIONS OF KAUAI AND NIIHAU...AND EXTEND 20 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST. ON OAHU...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE KOOLAU RANGE AND THE LEEWARD SLOPES OF THE WAIANAE RANGE. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE LOCATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE ISLAND. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER EASTERN MOLOKAI NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM KALAUPAPA TO PUKOO...AND THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF MOLOKAI WEST OF KAUNAKAKAI. THESE CLOUDS EXTEND 25 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF LAAU POINT. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER THE INTERIOR OF LANAI...AS WELL AS THE LEEWARD SLOPES EXTENDING 10 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...AND LOWER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA BELOW 7000 FT. THESE CLOUDS EXTEND 15 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ULUPALAKUA...COVERING A PORTION OF KAHOOLAWE. ON THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES FROM NORTH KOHALA TO PUNA DISTRICTS BELOW 7000 FT. THESE CLOUDS ARE GREATEST IN COVERAGE ABOVE 2000 FT...AND GENERALLY JUST SCATTERED NEAR THE COAST. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER KAU DISTRICT BELOW 10000 FT....AND EXTEND 30 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HAWAIIAN OCEAN VIEW ESTATES. BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS ALSO COVER NORTH AND SOUTH KONA DISTRICTS. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ALSO COVER LEEWARD SECTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICTS...AND ARE MAINLY LOCATED WITHIN 6 MILES OF THE COAST SOUTH OF MAHUKONA. BEYOND THE STATE...LOW CLOUDS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE TRADE WIND FLOW SOUTH OF A SURFACE RIDGE NEAR 29N. A REMNANT FRONTAL CLOUD BAND IS LOCATED GENERALLY EAST TO WEST ALONG 26N. THIS BAND IS ABOUT 75 MILES WIDE...AND IS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE SOUTH. SOUTH OF THIS BAND...CLOUDS ARE COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF SHOWERY OPEN CELL CUMULUS ELEMENTS. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. $$ 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.