From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Nov 10 20:47:44 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 oAAClhpK011874 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:47:44 +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 oA9KMKx0006383; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:47:24 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4300493 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:47:24 -0600 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 oAAClOvo002191 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:47:24 -0600 (CST) 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 oAAClH4P017260 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:47:23 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 27A0C405001E; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:47:16 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101110124717.27A0C405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:47:16 -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 790 ATHW40 PHFO 101247 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC WED NOV 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC NOVEMBER 10 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LOCATED 700 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HILO AND ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH 450 MILES EAST OF MIDWAY ATOLL. BOTH TROUGHS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 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. SOME HIGH CLOUDS ARE BEING PULLED NORTHWARD BETWEEN 170W AND 160W FROM THE TROPICS TOWARDS THE MID LATITUDE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. A LARGE AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS EXTENDS IN A 350 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 21N173W TO 30N163W. WITHIN THIS BROAD AREA OF CLOUDS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND TOWERING CUMULUS WITH TOPS UP TO 42000 FEET ARE LOCATED WITHIN 60 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 23N172W TO 30N160W...CROSSING ABOUT 450 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AT ITS CLOSEST POINT. 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 250 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 BETWEEN 12N AND 13N EAST OF 165W. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW TOPPED STRATOCUMULUS ARE THE RULE. FOR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE OVER SOUTH AND EAST KAUAI...THE SOUTH SHORE OF OAHU AND EXTENDING ALONG THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS TO KANEOHE BAY...THE EASTERN HALF OF MOLOKAI...THE WINDWARD MAUI COAST FROM HANA TO OHEO...AND THE WINDWARD BIG ISLAND COAST FROM CAPE KUMAKAHI TO LAUPAHOEHOE. BROKEN LOW CLOUD PLUMES ARE ALSO DRIFTING OVER THE KAIWI CHANNEL AND THE WINDWARD MAUI AND BIG ISLAND WATERS. LOW CLOUD TOPS ARE ESTIMATED AT 7500 TO 9000 FEET THROUGHOUT THE ISLANDS. THE LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT NEAR 15 MPH IN AREAS FREE FROM THE EFFECTS OF ISLAND TERRAIN. $$ 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.