From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Nov 4 02:21:07 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 oA3IL6kh021513 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 02:21:07 +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 oA3EAevl028721; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:20:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4200693 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:20:55 -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 oA3IKtrm005590 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:20:55 -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 oA3IKmOU026541 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:20:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id A5D53405001E; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:20:48 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101103182048.A5D53405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:20:48 -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 930 ATHW40 PHFO 031820 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC WED NOV 03 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 03 2010 THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CLOUD FEATURE SEEN ON SATELLITE IMAGERY IS AN EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH WEST SOUTHWEST ORIENTED COLD FRONT. THE FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 30N142W TO NEAR 23N156W TO NEAR 20N170W. THE FRONT IS BETWEEN 120 AND 180 MILES WIDE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT IS PRESENTLY JUST NORTH OF MAUI COUNTY. THE FRONT IS MOVING TOWARD THE SE AT AROUND 10 MPH. CLOUD TOPS IN THE VICINITY OF THE ISLANDS ARE RUNNING AT AROUND 8000 FEET WITH HIGHER CLOUD TOPS FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE FRONT. BEHIND THE FRONT LIES A BROAD FIELD OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS AND CUMULUS CLOUD ELEMENTS THAT ARE GENERALLY MOVING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. WITH THE FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE WEST END OF THE STATE SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER KAUAI...OAHU AND WESTERN MOLOKAI WHILE MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND ARE NEARLY CLOUD FREE. PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND WITH A PLUME CLOUD EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM THE KONA COAST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING FAR TO THE WEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. A BROAD SWATH OF CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW. A FEW OF THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE OCCASIONALLY MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF THE STATE BUT THE VAST MAJORITY REMAIN WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS. $$ BURKE +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.