From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Nov 4 08:29:34 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 oA40TXnf024395 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 08:29:34 +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 oA3EAeOK028721; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 19:29:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4205107 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 19:29:22 -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 oA40TM1J001135 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 19:29:22 -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 oA40TFmT029059 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 19:29:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 69B92405001E; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 19:29:15 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101104002915.69B92405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 19:29:15 -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 459 ATHW40 PHFO 040029 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC THU NOV 04 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC NOVEMBER 04 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 30N140W TO NEAR 22N155W TO NEAR 19N164W. THE FRONT IS BETWEEN 90 AND 120 MILES WIDE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT IS JUST NOW REACHING EXTREME NORTHWEST MAUI. 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 CENTRAL ISLAND...SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER OAHU...MOLOKAI AND LANAI. OVER KAUAI CLOUDS ARE COVERING PRIMARILY COVERING NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND. OVER MAUI LOW CLOUDS ARE BANKED UP OVER THE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA WITH A FEW CLOUDS OVER THE SLOPES AND SUMMITS OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS. OVER THE BIG ISLAND LOW CLOUDS ARE PRIMARILY COVERING THE KONA AND KAU SLOPES WITH JUST A FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS OVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES. 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.