From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Nov 3 20:28:55 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 oA3CSsNo006108 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 20:28:55 +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 oA2JwaL4028721; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:28:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4194575 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:28:18 -0500 Received: from relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (relay04.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.5]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA3CSIeY005501 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:28:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA3CSCLI000766 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:28:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 28D574050020; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:28:12 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101103122812.28D574050020@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:28:12 -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 819 ATHW40 PHFO 031228 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC WED NOV 3 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC NOVEMBER 3 2010 A 175 TO 200 MILE WIDE BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS MARKS A SHALLOW COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY OVER KAUAI...AND MOVING OVER OAHU FROM THE NORTH. RADAR DETECTS MODERATE SHOWERS FALLING FROM THE CLOUD BAND...WITH SATELLITE-DERIVED CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES EQUATING TO CLOUD TOPS THAT EXTEND AS HIGH AS 13 THOUSAND FEET. THE BAND CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH...AND THE BAND HAS BECOME A LITTLE WIDER SINCE SUNDOWN ON TUESDAY. THE FRONT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED MORE THAN 1800 MILES TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OF OAHU...WITH THE CLOUD BAND LOCATED ALONG A LINE THROUGH 30N 145W TO 25N 153W TO 22N 160W TO 21N 170W TO 23N 180...WHERE THE LOW CLOUDS WITHIN THE BAND BECOME DIFFUSE... AND MERGE WITH A LARGER FIELD OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST CUMULUS /CU/ AND STRATOCUMULUS /SC/ LOCATED NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ELSEWHERE TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND...BROKEN TO OVERCAST CU EXTEND NORTHWARD FOR MORE THAN 1500 MILES...INDICATING RATHER STRONG POST-FRONTAL COLD AIR ADVECTION...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF 25N BETWEEN 150W AND 170W. SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND CLOSER TO HOME...SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE ISLANDS OF MAUI AND HAWAII COUNTIES AND ADJACENT WATERS...WITH FEW TO LOCALLY SCATTERED CU. SKIES ARE CLOUDY OVER KAUAI AND ADJACENT WATERS...WITH THE ISLAND IN THE MIDST OF THE BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND...WHILE THE KAUAI CHANNEL AND THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF OAHU ARE ALSO CLOUDY DUE TO THE RECENT ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT. THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF OAHU IS CURRENTLY UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE IS TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST...WITH LOW CLOUDS MOVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH. WISPY HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE WEST- NORTHWEST...AND ARE THICKEST NEAR KAUAI AND THINNEST NEAR...AND SOUTH OF...THE BIG ISLAND. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE FORMING DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A WESTWARD MOVING CLOSED LOW ALOFT CENTERED ABOUT 1400 MILES WEST OF THE ISLANDS...NEAR 20N 180. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST OF THE LOW/S CENTER...AND ARE LOCATED FROM 10N TO 16N BETWEEN 170W AND 177W...WHILE HIGH CLOUDS COVER A BROADER AREA AS FAR NORTH AS 24N...BETWEEN THE ISLANDS AND 180. $$ 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.