From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Nov 10 08:47:41 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 oAA0lef2010132 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:47:41 +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 oA961CM8006461; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:47:18 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4294919 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:47:18 -0600 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAA0lIOH014279 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:47:18 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAA0l9Ek000807 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:47:17 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 684BE405001E; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:47:09 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101110004709.684BE405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:47:09 -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 802 ATHW40 PHFO 100047 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0045 UTC WED NOV 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0030 UTC NOVEMBER 10 2010 THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW NEAR THE ISLANDS HAS CHANGED LITTLE SINCE THIS MORNING...VEERING FROM AN EAST-SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OVER WATERS NEAR AND EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND...TO A SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FLOW NEAR KAUAI. ADDITIONALLY...LOW CLOUDS OVER WATERS EAST OF THE ISLANDS ARE MOVING MORE QUICKLY THAN THOSE WEST OF THE ISLANDS...DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED FAR NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS...AND WEAK TROUGHING LOCATED WEST OF THE ISLANDS. LOW CLOUDS ARE PRIMARILY FEW TO SCATTERED IN COVERAGE OVER NEAR SHORE WATERS AROUND THE ISLANDS...WITH AREAS OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS OVER SELECT ISLAND AREAS. WITH THE LOW LEVEL FLOW NEAR THE ISLANDS FAVORING A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION...THE SMALLER ISLANDS ARE IN THE WIND SHADOW OF THE BIG ISLAND...WHICH HAS ALLOWED SEA BREEZES TO DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ALONG LEEWARD SLOPES OF KAUAI AND OAHU. THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE ISLAND OF KAUAI...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PRINCEVILLE TO WAIMEA...AND THE NEAR SHORE WATERS...ARE COVERED IN BROKEN CUMULUS /CU/ AND STRATOCUMULUS /SC/...AS ARE THE NEAR SHORE WATERS IMMEDIATELY NORTHWEST OF NIIHAU. SKIES ARE NEARLY CLEAR OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND. OAHU HAS BROKEN CU OVER BOTH THE KOOLAU AND WAIANAE MOUNTAIN RANGES...WHILE THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE ISLAND HAS FEW TO SCATTERED CU. SCATTERED TO BROKEN CU ARE OVER WINDWARD MOLOKAI SLOPES...WHILE A NARROW RIBBON OF BROKEN CU IS OVER THE WESTERN END OF THE ISLAND. WINDWARD SLOPES OF HALEAKALA ARE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH FEW CU...BUT BROKEN CU AND SC ARE OVER THE WINDWARD PORTIONS OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...AND OVER THE LOWER LEEWARD SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. SKIES ARE SUNNY OVER KAHOOLAWE...WITH BROKEN CU OVER INTERIOR LANAI. MOST OF THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND ARE COVERED IN BROKEN TO OVERCAST SC AND CU...BUT NEAR SHORE COASTAL AREAS ON THE EAST SIDE ARE MOSTLY SUNNY...AS ARE THE INTERIOR AND SUMMIT AREAS. A CURVED BAND OF BROKEN SHOWERY CU LIES OVER WATERS EAST OF THE ISLANDS...WITH THE WESTERN EDGE OF THIS 150 MILE WIDE BAND ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD SHORES OF KAUAI AND OAHU. THE BAND LIES ALONG A LINE FROM 21N 151W TO 23N 156W TO 26N 158W TO 30N 158W...AND CONTINUES TO MOVE ON A TRAJECTORY THAT WOULD KEEP THIS MOISTURE AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS. LOW CLOUDS OVER WINDWARD WATERS EAST OF OAHU AND MOLOKAI ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT SPEEDS NEAR 32 MPH...WITH LOW CLOUDS SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT SPEEDS NEAR 22 MPH. LOW CLOUDS OVER WATERS SOUTH OF KAUAI ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH. NORTH OF 25N...THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BAND MENTIONED ABOVE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS WELL NORTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS...MARKED BY A BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS...WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS...THAT IS 300 TO 500 MILES WIDE. THE CLOUD BAND IS CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 30N 163W TO 27N 167W TO NEAR 26N 177W. $$ 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.