From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Nov 8 08:34:55 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 oA80YrUq003427 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:34:54 +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 oA7DHdBn028721; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:34:20 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4257175 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:34:20 -0600 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA80YJ75011287 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:34:19 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oA80YDYE016924 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:34:19 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4F7A6405001E; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:34:12 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101108003413.4F7A6405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:34:12 -0600 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 519 ATHW40 PHFO 080033 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC MON NOV 8 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC NOVEMBER 8 2010 FAIRLY DRY TRADE WIND WEATHER PREVAILS OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS COMPARED TO THE SHOWERY TRADE WIND WEATHER OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. FEW TO SCATTERED CUMULUS /CU/ AND STRATOCUMULUS /SC/ ARE OVER NEAR SHORE WINDWARD WATERS EAST OF THE ISLANDS FROM KAUAI TO MAUI...BUT BROKEN TO OVERCAST SC...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERY CU...CONTINUE OVER WINDWARD BIG ISLAND WATERS. SKIES OVER NEAR SHORE LEEWARD WATERS CONTINUE TO BE NEARLY CLOUD FREE...EXCEPT IN A FEW SELECT AREAS...WHERE SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE DRIFTING OFF THE ISLANDS. SCATTERED TO BROKEN CU CONTINUE TO LINE THE LOWER WINDWARD SLOPES OF KAUAI...AND AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES ALONG KAUAI/S WESTERN SHORE HAVE LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS OVER LEEWARD KAUAI/S LEEWARD SLOPES. SCATTERED TO BROKEN CU CONTINUE OVER THE SPINE OF OAHU/S KOOLAU RANGE...WITH SIMILAR CLOUD COVER NOTED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WAIANAE RANGE. CENTRAL OAHU...AS WELL AS THE SOUTH AND NORTH SHORES...AND MOST OF THE WEST SIDE...ARE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH FEW TO SCATTERED CU. SMALL SHOWERY CU ARE MOVING ASHORE OVER WINDWARD OAHU...DELIVERING BRIEF LIGHT SHOWERS. BROKEN TO OVERCAST SC AND CU ARE OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI...WITH LEEWARD PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND UNDER SUNNY SKIES. BROKEN TO OVERCAST SC AND CU ARE OVER THE LOWER WINDWARD SLOPES OF BOTH HALEAKALA AND THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...WHILE BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ALONG THE LEEWARD LOWER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA ARE SPREADING OVER NEAR SHORE LEEWARD WATERS...TOWARD AND OVER KAHOOLAWE. MOST OF THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND ARE COVERED IN SC AND SHOWERY CU...WITH THE EXCEPTIONS BEING THE LEEWARD KOHALA DISTRICT...WHERE SUNNY SKIES PREVAIL FROM KEAHOLE POINT TO UPOLU POINT. THE SUMMITS AND UPPER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...AND THE BIG ISLAND VOLCANOES...ARE SUNNY. LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE ISLANDS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT SPEEDS NEAR 28 MPH. AN AREA OF MOISTURE THAT WAS FUELING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WATERS 100 TO 200 MILES WEST OF KAUAI THIS MORNING HAS SINCE MOVED FARTHER AWAY TO THE WEST...AND THE SHORT-LIVED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALL BUT DISSIPATED. IN ADDITION...AN EAST-WEST ORIENTED...100 MILE WIDE...BAND OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND EXTENDS WELL EAST OF THE ISLANDS...ALONG A LINE FROM 16N 160W TO 16N 150W TO 18N 140W...AND MARKS THE REMNANTS OF THE FRONT THAT BROUGHT RECENT RAINS TO WINDWARD AREAS OF THE STATE. LIGHT WINDS PREVAIL IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OVER THE ISLANDS...WHERE THE PATTERN ALOFT IS DIFFICULT TO DECIPHER FROM WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. LAYERED MID- AND UPPER-LEVEL MOISTURE IS IN GREATER SUPPLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE AS OPPOSED TO THE EASTERN PORTION...AND APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO A SLOW-MOVING...WEAK TROUGH THAT EXTENDS FROM 30N 170W TO 21N 164W. $$ BIRCHARD +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.