From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Nov 5 03:08:02 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 oA4J818d023168 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 03:08:02 +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 oA4I6vXG028721; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:07:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4218128 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:07:44 -0500 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA4J7hTD025858 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:07:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA4J7bUE003371 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:07:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id E5B434050020; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:07:36 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101104190736.E5B434050020@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:07:36 -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 372 ATHW40 PHFO 041907 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC THU NOV 04 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 04 2010 A RAGGED REMNANT OF A FRONTAL CLOUD BAND HAS STALLED ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING. THIS NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ALIGNED CLOUD BAND CONSISTING MAINLY OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS CLOUDS IS WIDE ENOUGH TO COVER MOST OF THE AREA FROM KAUAI TO THE BIG ISLAND...RANGING IN WIDTH FROM 250 TO 325 MILES. THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE BAND RUNS ALONG A LINE FROM 40N129W TO 27N138W TO 17N162W. THE FRONT IS ACTIVE NORTH OF 29N...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOUTH OF THIS LATITUDE THE CLOUD BAND IS MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AIDED BY THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH BUILDING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS HIGH WHICH IS CENTERED AT 33N161W IS DRIVING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN WITH CLOUD MOTIONS FOLLOWING SUIT. DIRECTLY NORTH AND WEST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...BROKEN OPEN-CELLED STRATOCUMULUS AND CUMULUS CLOUDS COVER A FAIRLY LARGE AREA. THEY EXTENDING FROM THE BACK OF THE MENTIONED STRATUS CLOUD BAND TO THE BOUNDARY OF A SECOND SMALLER AND WEAKER FRONT THAT IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 34N156W TO 28N162W TO 27N171W. AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING...MOST WATERS ARE COVERED BY THE BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANT FRONT. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. OVER LAND...BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUD COVERAGE EXTENDS ONTO WINDWARD PORTIONS OF THE ISLANDS WHILE KAUAI...OAHU...MOLOKAI AND LANAI ARE ALSO SEEING THIS CLOUD COVERAGE ACROSS LEEWARD SIDES AS WELL. WEST MAUI HAS BROKEN CLOUDS ALL WINDWARD PORTIONS UP TO NEAR 8 KFT ON HALEAKALA. LEEWARD SIDES OF MAUI HAVE A FEW CLOUDS OVER THE WESTERN HALF...BUT THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA AND LEEWARD SIDE OF THE ISLAND ARE MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING. DOWNSLOPE AND LAND BREEZES ARE KEEPING BANDS OF CLOUDS OFF THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST SHORES...BUT SOME CLOUDS HAVE BUILT UP ALONG THE WINDWARD SIDE AND INTO THE SADDLE BETWEEN MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA UP TO 7 KFT IN ELEVATION. A FEW PATCHES OF CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED AROUND SOUTH POINT AND KEAHOLE POINT...BUT THE REST OF THE ISLAND IS MOSTLY SUNNY. ELSEWHERE...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HOVERING NEAR 21N179E. IT/S CURRENTLY GENERATING SOME CLUSTERS AND STRANDS OF BROKEN CIRRUS CLOUDS FROM 14N TO 25N AND 168W TO 174E. FAR SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS EXTENDS ALONG A LINE FROM 07N159W TO 12N129W. THUNDERSTORM TOPS REACH NEAR 47 KFT IN THIS AREA. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BOUNDED BETWEEN 05N TO 10N AND 163W TO 169W WITH TOPS NEAR 50 KFT. WINDS GENERATED BY THE MENTIONED UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 21N179E ARE BLOWING THE THUNDERSTORM TOPS TO THE NORTH AS FAR AS 15N. $$ FOSTER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.