From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Nov 10 13:29:43 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 oAA5Tgsg009910 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:29:43 +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 oA9KMKlu006383; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:29:27 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4297637 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:29:27 -0600 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAA5TQOc003234 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:29:26 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAA5TIxn001050 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:29:25 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 49F3F405001E; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:29:18 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101110052918.49F3F405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:29:18 -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 234 ATHW40 PHFO 100528 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC WED NOV 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 10 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LOCATED 750 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HILO AND ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH 300 MILES EAST OF MIDWAY ATOLL. BOTH TROUGHS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 MPH. AN UPPER RIDGE IS POSITIONED OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND EXTENDS NORTHEASTWARD OVER 1000 MILES. THE SUBTROPICAL UPPER LEVEL JET IS LAYING WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION SOUTH OF 15N. A LARGE AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS EXTENDS IN A 500 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 20N175W TO 30N164W. WITHIN THIS BROAD AREA OF CLOUDS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND TOWERING CUMULUS WITH TOPS OVER 35000 FEET ARE LOCATED WITHIN 60 MILES OF A LINE FROM 30N162W TO 24N168W. THIS LARGER AREA OF CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. A CLOUD DECK CONSISTING OF MAINLY HIGH LAYERED CIRRUS IS LOCATED SOUTH OF 18N BETWEEN 160W AND 170W...AS NEAR AS 300 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU...WITH MORE THIN WISPY CIRRUS CLOUDS IN PATCHES OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 50000 FEET ARE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE AREA NEAR 10N EAST OF 170W. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW TOPPED STRATOCUMULUS ARE THE RULE. FOR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...LOW CLOUDS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AREAS AS WELL THE SMALLER ISLANDS AND WINDWARD BIG ISLAND. THE ONLY LARGE AREA OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS IS FOUND OVER THE KONA DISTRICT OF THE BIG ISLAND FROM SOUTH POINT NORTH TO NEAR WAIKOLOA. SMALLER AREAS OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS IS OVER THE NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWEST LOWER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...THE NORTH HALF OF THE ISLAND OF LANAI AND ANOTHER OVER THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS OF OAHU. LOW CLOUD TOPS ARE ESTIMATED AT 7500 TO 9000 FEET THROUGHOUT THE ISLANDS. THE LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 10 MPH OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE TO NEARLY 20 MPH SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. $$ BRENCHLEY +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.