From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Nov 3 13:36:36 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 oA35aY5i008083 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:36:35 +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 oA2JwaAg028721; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:36:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4191828 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:36:14 -0500 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA35aB5O014587 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:36:11 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA35a5aP010669 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:36:11 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id E8A20405001E; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:36:04 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101103053604.E8A20405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:36:04 -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 600 ATHW40 PHFO 030535 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC WED NOV 3 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 3 2010 THE LEADING EDGE OF A 65 TO 135 MILE WIDE...NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED...BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS IS ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI/S NA PALI COAST THIS EVENING. THE BAND MARKS A RELATIVELY SHALLOW COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR 15 MPH...WITH CLOUD TOPS WITHIN THE LINE ESTIMATED TO BE AS HIGH AS 12 THOUSAND FEET. THE FRONT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED ABOUT 1600 MILES TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST...WITH THE CLOUD BAND LOCATED ALONG A LINE THROUGH 30N 147W /WHERE THE CLOUD BAND IS NEARLY 200 MILES WIDE/ TO 26N 153W TO 23N 160W TO 22N 170W TO 22N 175W. NORTH OF THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND...BROKEN COLD AIR CUMULUS /CU/ EXTEND NORTHWARD FOR MORE THAN 1500 MILES...INDICATING RATHER STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF ABOUT 26N. SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND CLOSER TO HOME...SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR OVER MANY OF THE ISLANDS...AS A DEVELOPING NORTHERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW HAS PUSHED THE LOW CLOUDS THAT FORMED OVER THE ISLANDS WITH TODAY/S LIGHT WINDS OFF TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...THE LOWER SLOPES ON THE BIG ISLAND...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ISLAND...ARE BLANKETED IN BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATOCUMULUS /SC/ AND CU. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS SOUTH OF KAUAI... OAHU AND THE BIG ISLAND...BUT ISLANDS AWAY FROM THE BIG ISLAND HAVE ONLY FEW TO SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS OVER THEM. LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE ISLANDS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT VARYING SPEEDS WITH THE MOTIONS DECREASING AS ONE HEADS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN. NEAR KAUAI...LOW CLOUDS AND SMALL SHOWERS ARE MOVING SOUTH NEAR 20 MPH...WHILE NEAR THE BIG ISLAND LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH. WISPY HIGH CLOUDS MOVING OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DIMINISHING...AS WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAK TROUGH ALOFT PASSING SOUTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS...WITH THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMING INCREASINGLY NORTHERLY. HIGH CLOUDS ARE MUCH THICKER OVER WATERS WELL SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS...WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST HIGH CLOUDS BLANKETING THE AREA FROM 7N TO 24N BETWEEN 180 AND 167W...AND FROM 14N TO 22N BETWEEN 167W AND 160W. THESE CLOUDS ARE ASSOCIATED DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH A WEST MOVING LOW ALOFT CURRENTLY CENTERED NEAR 19N 178W...AND A RIDGE ALOFT THAT EXTENDS ALONG 167W NEAR 20N. $$ BIRCHARD +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.