From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Nov 13 13:42:32 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 oAD5gVvX028274 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:42:32 +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 oAD35YIR006383; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:42:18 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4344086 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:42:18 -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 oAD5gHiS018036 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:42:17 -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 oAD5gB0J005870 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:42:17 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 812A4405001F; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:42:09 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101113054210.812A4405001F@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:42:09 -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 817 ATHW40 PHFO 130542 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC SAT NOV 13 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 13 2010 DENSE HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO BLANKET THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS PART OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LYING OVER KAUAI AND OAHU. THE TROUGH AXIS CONTINUES EASTWARD FOR A THOUSAND MILES TO 22N143W...AND TO THE SOUTHWEST FOR 1600 MILES THROUGH 16N170W TO 08N180E. TO RIGHT OR EAST OF THIS TROUGH...YOU WILL FIND MID AND HIGH CLOUDS AND SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND FLOW. BETWEEN 180E AND 166W IS AN AREA OF MULTILAYERED CLOUDS...ABOUT 260 MILES WIDE. THE AREA CONTAINS A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO. CIRRUS CLOUDS...ABOUT 350 MILES WIDE...DENSE IN SOME SPOTS... CONTINUED TOWARDS THE NORTHWARD INCLUDING THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE CIRRUS DISSIPATES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE TROUGH OVER PART OF THE STATE...HAS EASED EASTWARD DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS. OTHERWISE THE REST OF THE TROUGH HAS BEEN STATIONARY. OF WHAT WE CAN SEE...THERE IS AN AREA OF SHOWERS PASSING TO THE SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. A BIT OF ITS NORTHERN FRINGE THOUGH MAY CATCH THE KAU DISTRICT. SATELLITE IMAGERY ALSO SHOW A BAND OF SHOWERS BETWEEN 200 AND 350 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAUI. THE BAND STARTS OFF FAR EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AT BETWEEN 20N AND 17N AT 130W LONGITUDE. THE BAND CURVES TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 19N145W AND TO THE NORTH AT 25N154W. THE OVERALL MOVEMENT IS SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST AND SOUTH. BASED ON THE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE MAUI WINDWARD WATERS...THEY ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. ELSEWHERE...A COLD FRONT IS NOTED BETWEEN 730 AND 1000 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AS PART OF THE FRONT...THERE IS A BAND OF LAYERED CLOUDS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 130 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40N162W TO 34N165W TO 29N173W. THE TOPS OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND TO 42000 FEET. A NARROWER CLOUD BAND...180 MILES WIDE...AND CONSISTING CUMULUS CLOUDS...CONTINUES SOUTHWESTWARD FROM 29N173W TO 25N180E TO 22N170E. $$ LAU +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.