From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Nov 7 08:35:50 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 oA70ZmIe003478 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 08:35:49 +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 oA63wVts028721; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:35:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4245635 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:35:28 -0500 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA70ZSWI018341 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:35:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA70ZMCN012755 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:35:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 194C8405001E; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:35:22 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101107003522.194C8405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:35:22 -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 594 ATHW40 PHFO 070035 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SUN NOV 07 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC NOVEMBER 07 2010 A SUBTROPICAL HIGH IS CENTERED AT 30N152W AND IS DRIVING MODERATE TO FRESH EASTERLY TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN. SOUTH OF THE HIGH...SCATTERED TO BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS COVER AN AREA BETWEEN 21N TO 30N AND 133W TO 175W. THESE CLOUDS ARE BEING CARRIED BY THE TRADES AND MOVING WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. A NEARLY DISSIPATED NARROW BAND OF STRATUS CLOUDS FROM AN OLD FRONT RUNS FROM THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND EAST TO 18N146W TO 22N130W. RADAR IS SHOWING NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN BIG ISLAND AND ADJACENT WATERS AS A RESULT. SCATTERED SHOWERS COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THESE ARE HITTING WINDWARD AND MAUKA SIDES OF THE ISLANDS...WITH SHOWERS OCCASIONALLY REACHING LEEWARD LOCATIONS. VISIBLE IMAGES SHOW SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER WINDWARD WATERS EXTENDING 50 TO 150 MILES UPSTREAM OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WITH THE MORE DENSE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE WESTERN WINDWARD WATERS. 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. OVER LEEWARD WATERS...A CLUSTER OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST CUMULUS AND STRATUS CLOUDS COVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE ISLANDS TO A POINT AT 19N162W. ON KAUAI...SMALL BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED JUST ON THE LEEWARD PART OF THE ISLAND WHILE OTHER AREAS HAVE BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS. OAHU HAS OVERCAST CLOUDS OVER THE WHOLE ISLAND. MOLOKAI HAS BROKEN CLOUDS OVER THE WINDWARD SIDE WHILE JUST A FEW CLOUDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND. LANAI HAS A BROKEN PATCH OF CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ISLAND. MAUI HAS THICK CLOUD BUILD UPS ON WINDWARD WEST MAUI AND HALEAKALA SLOPES TO UP NEAR THE SUMMIT. THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN COAST HAS A FEW BREAKS THIS AFTERNOON. THE BIG ISLAND IS ALMOST ALL OVERCAST CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL BREAK IN THE CLOUDS IS OBSERVED OVER THE SADDLE BETWEEN MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA. ELSEWHERE...A FEW HIGH CLOUDS ARE BOUNDED BETWEEN 11N TO 29N AND 164W TO 173E. THESE ARE DUE TO A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CENTERED NEAR 20N178E. FAR SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN THE ITCZ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVER AN AREA FROM 05N TO 11N AND 143W TO FAR WEST OF THE DATELINE WESTWARD. CLOUD TOPS WITHIN THESE THUNDERSTORMS REACH A HEIGHT OF 49 KFT. CIRRUS CLOUDS FROM TOPS BLOWING NORTH AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS IS VISIBLE ON SATELLITE BETWEEN 146W TO 156W EXTENDING AS FAR NORTH AS 16N. $$ 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.