From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Nov 6 08:30:40 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 oA60Uc17015059 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 08:30:40 +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 oA5DLRMk028721; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:30:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4237598 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:30:21 -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 oA60UKro006009 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:30:21 -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 oA60UENC013281 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:30:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7F230405001E; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:30:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101106003014.7F230405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:30:14 -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 861 ATHW40 PHFO 060030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SAT NOV 06 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC NOVEMBER 06 2010 A FRONTAL REMNANT CLOUD BAND IS DRAPED ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BAND IS CHARACTERIZED AS 200 MILES IN WIDTH...MADE UP OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS WITH THE THICKEST CLOUDS ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE BAND PUSHING AGAINST THE BIG ISLAND. THE CLOUD BAND RUNS FROM 27N130W TO 20N145W TO 20N169W ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE. CLOUD MOTIONS ARE FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE CLOUD MOTIONS ARE BEING DRIVEN BY FRESH TRADE WINDS FROM AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTED SUBTROPICAL HIGH CENTERED NEAR 30N157W. CLOSED-CELL CUMULUS CLOUDS COVER MUCH OF THE AREA FROM 23N TO 30N AND 140W TO 170W AND ARE TRAVELING TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE HIGH CENTER. AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BROKEN STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS COVER THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS. PASSING SHOWERS WITHIN THESE CLOUDS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL MOSTLY OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS. PATCHES OF BROKEN CLOUDS COVER LEEWARD WATERS WITH PLUME CLOUDS COMING OFF OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. LOW STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUD BUILD UPS COVER MOST OF THE LAND AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. KAUAI HAS BROKEN CLOUDS OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS WITH A FEW BREAKS ON THE LEEWARD SIDE. OAHU HAS OVERCAST CLOUDS OVER ALMOST THE WHOLE ISLAND EXCEPT RIGHT ALONG THE COAST LINES OF THE NORTH...WEST AND SOUTH SHORES. MOLOKAI HAS BROKEN CLOUDS ACROSS THE WHOLE ISLAND. LANAI HAS MOST OF THE INTERIOR COVERED WITH JUST SMALL BREAKS ALONG THE COAST LINES. MAUI IS COVERED WITH CLOUDS EXCEPT FOR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF HALEAKALA. THE BIG ISLAND HAS OVERCAST CLOUDS AROUND THE WHOLE ISLAND WITH SMALL BREAKS ABOVE 9000 FEET. ELSEWHERE...A FEW HIGH CLOUDS ARE BOUNDED BETWEEN 15N TO 27N AND 160W TO 178W. THESE ARE DUE TO A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE NEAR 24N179E. FAR SOUTH OF THE STATE IN THE ITCZ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BOUNDED BETWEEN 07N TO 10N AND 150W TO 175E. CLOUD TOPS ARE NEAR 45 KFT. $$ 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.