From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Nov 7 02:30:56 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 oA6IUnew025166 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 02:30:56 +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 oA63wVli028721; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:30:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4243875 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:30:32 -0500 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA6IUWcU001240 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:30:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA6IUPJm024113 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:30:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id C50E0405001E; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:30:25 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101106183025.C50E0405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:30:25 -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 295 ATHW40 PHFO 061830 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT NOV 06 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 06 2010 A SUBTROPICAL HIGH IS CENTERED AT 30N151W AND IS DRIVING MODERATE TO FRESH EASTERLY TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN. TWO DISSIPATING FRONTS WHICH ARE NEARLY RUNNING TOGETHER JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE HIGH CENTER ARE TRAVELING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE FRONTS ARE OBSERVED ON INFRARED SATELLITE AS BANDS OF OVERCAST STRATUS CLOUDS AROUND 100 MILES WIDE...ONE ALONG AN AXIS FROM 33N164W TO 32N152W AND THE OTHER FROM 30N160W TO 33N139W. SOUTH OF THE HIGH CLOSED-CELL STRATOCUMULUS COVER AN AREA BETWEEN 21N TO 30N AND 131W TO 180E. THESE CLOUDS ARE BEING CARRIED BY THE TRADES AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. A NEARLY DISSIPATED NARROW BAND OF STRATUS CLOUDS FROM AN OLD FRONT RUNS FROM CAPE KUMUKAHI ON THE BIG ISLAND EAST TO 20N140W TO 24N130W. SOME OF THESE STRATUS CLOUDS EXPAND TO COVER THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD WATERS OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE STRATUS CLOUDS COVER AN AREA 150 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE SMALLER MAIN ISLANDS. VISIBLE IMAGES SHOW THE STRATUS CLOUDS PUSHING ONTO WINDWARD AND MAUKA PORTIONS OF ALL OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. MANY OF THIS CLOUD COVER IS FLOWING OVER TO LEEWARD SIDES AS WELL...PARTICULARLY ON KAUAI AND OAHU. ON KAUAI...SMALL BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED JUST ON THE LEEWARD COASTLINE WHILE OTHER AREAS HAVE BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS. OAHU HAS OVERCAST CLOUDS OVER THE WHOLE ISLAND WITH SMALL BREAKS ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST SHORES. MOLOKAI HAS BROKEN CLOUDS OVER THE WINDWARD SIDE AND SCATTERED CLOUDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND. LANAI HAS A BROKEN PATCH OF CLOUDS OVER THE WINDWARD SIDE. MAUI HAS THICK CLOUD BUILD UPS ON WINDWARD WEST MAUI AND HALEAKALA WINDWARD SLOPES. THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...HALEAKALA AND ADJACENT LEEWARD AREAS ARE MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING. THE BIG ISLAND HAS OVERCAST CLOUD BUILD UPS OVER THE EAST SIDE OF THE ISLAND UP TO 11 KFT IN ELEVATION. THE KONA SLOPES ALSO HAS A SMALLER AREA OF CLOUDS BUILDING UP TO AROUND 8 KFT IN ELEVATION. THE KOHALA AREA IS MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING. RADAR IS TRACKING SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE STATE...MOSTLY OVER WINDWARD PORTIONS OF THE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT WATERS. HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS IS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND WINDWARD KAUAI AND OAHU. FAR SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN THE ITCZ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVER AN AREA FROM 05N TO 11N AND 140W TO FAR WEST OF THE DATELINE WESTWARD. CLOUD TOPS WITHIN THESE THUNDERSTORMS REACH A HEIGHT OF 49 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.