From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Nov 5 08:34:39 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 oA50YbGg019919 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 08:34:38 +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 oA4I6vx1028721; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:34:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4222452 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:34:23 -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 oA50YMc3022759 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:34:22 -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 oA50YGZJ006022 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:34:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 497FD405001E; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:34:16 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101105003416.497FD405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:34:16 -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 832 ATHW40 PHFO 050034 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC FRI NOV 05 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC NOVEMBER 05 2010 A 150 TO 175 MILE WIDE BAND OF BROKEN STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS COVERS FROM MOLOKAI TO THE BIG ISLAND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CLOUDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A DISSIPATED FRONT WHICH ARE NOW OVERRUN BY EAST-NORTHEASTERLY TRADE WINDS FROM BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS CLOUD BAND EXTENDS FROM 40N128W TO 26N138W TO 17N163W. THE FRONT IS ACTIVE NORTH OF 28N...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 33N160W IS DRIVING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN WITH CLOUD MOTIONS FOLLOWING SUIT. DIRECTLY NORTH AND WEST OF THE REMNANT FRONTAL CLOUD BAND...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 ANOTHER DISSIPATED FRONT THAT IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 33N154W TO 28N160W TO 27N170W. AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON...WINDWARD WATERS OF MOLOKAI THROUGH THE BIG ISLAND ARE COVERED BY THE BROKEN STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS BAND OF CLOUDS. CLOUDS OVER THE CHANNELS AND LEEWARD WATERS HAVE A MORE DISORGANIZED BROKEN CLOUD PATTERN WITH PLUME CLOUDS COMING OFF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. SCATTERED CUMULUS COVER THE WATERS AROUND KAUAI AND OAHU. CLOUDS AROUND THE STATE ARE MOVING TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. OVER LAND...BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUD BUILDUPS ARE SEEN ACROSS WINDWARD KAUAI AND THE WAIANAE AND KOOLAU RANGES ON OAHU. SMALL BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE OCCURRING MAINLY ON THE LEEWARD AND SOUTH SHORE AREAS OF KAUAI AND OAHU. MOLOKAI AND LANAI HAVE OVERCAST CLOUDS ON THE WINDWARD SIDES AND SCATTERED CLOUDS ACROSS LEEWARD SIDES. MAUI HAS OVERCAST CLOUDS OVER ALL WINDWARD SIDES UP TO 9 KFT IN ELEVATION ON HALEAKALA. BROKEN CLOUDS COVER THE REMAINDER OF MAUI. THE BIG ISLAND HAS OVERCAST CLOUDS OVER WINDWARD SIDES OF THE ISLAND UP TO 8 KFT IN ELEVATION. OVERCAST CLOUD BUILDUPS ARE ALSO SEEN ALONG THE KONA COAST AND FROM SOUTH POINT TO APUA POINT. A FEW CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED OVER THE KOHALA AREA AND NEAR THE PEAKS. 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 15N TO 28N AND 170W TO 175E. FAR SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...A 230 MILE WIDE LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS EXTENDS ALONG A LINE FROM 07N177W TO 16N131W. THUNDERSTORM TOPS REACH NEAR 49 KFT IN THIS AREA. $$ 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.