From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Nov 2 02:32:07 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 oA1IW5Mq006131 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2010 02:32:06 +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 o9V50SFE001368; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:31:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4162770 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:31:49 -0500 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA1IVmJe006769 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:31:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA1IVgH7011025 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:31:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id F0104405001E; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:31:41 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101101183141.F0104405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:31:41 -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 723 ATHW40 PHFO 011831 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC MON NOV 1 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 1 2010 THE MOST NOTICEABLE CLOUD FEATURE IN THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC IS A 90 TO 120 MILE WIDE BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35N140W TO 29N160W TO 26N180W. THIS CLOUD BAND MARKS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEP LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. THE BAND IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST SLOWLY AND ITS LEADING EDGE IS ABOUT 460 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE ISLAND OF KAUAI WITHIN THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLAND CHAIN. WATER VAPOR SHOWS A SERIES OF UPPER TROUGHS AND RIDGES BETWEEN 10N AND 30N WEST OF THE ISLANDS...AND AN UPPER LOW NEAR 21N140W...EAST OF THE ISLANDS. A 120 MILE WIDE RAGGED ARC OF BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS LIES NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 26N155W TO 23N164W TO 17N170W...RIDING ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN FLANK OF AN UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE ISLANDS. SCATTERED CUMULONIMBUS...CB...REMAIN ACTIVE BETWEEN 08N AND 12N WEST OF 156W. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF ASSOCIATED HIGH CLOUDS REACHES AS FAR NORTH AS 15N BETWEEN 165W AND 175W. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED CB LIE WITHIN A 60 TO 90 MILE WIDE ARC FROM 12N151W TO 08N146W TO 09N140W. FIRST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS AN AREA OF RAGGED BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS ACROSS WINDWARD HAWAIIAN WATERS...AFFECTING WINDWARD SHORES AND SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND...MAUI...MOLOKAI...OAHU AND KAUAI. ON OAHU...THESE BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EXTEND WEST ACROSS THE ENTIRE ISLAND. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE LIMITED TO WINDWARD SLOPES OF KAUAI AND THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF MOLOKAI. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER WINDWARD AND SOUTH-FACING HALEAKALA SLOPES ON MAUI AS WELL AS WINDWARD WEST SLOPES. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER SECTIONS OF MAUKA LANAI. ON THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER WINDWARD SLOPES SOUTH OF LAUPAHOEHOE...WRAPPING SOUTHWEST ACROSS PUNA AND KAU DISTRICTS. ALL LEEWARD AREAS AND THE INTERIOR HAVE SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS TO CLEAR SKIES AT THIS HOUR. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ POWELL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.