From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Nov 16 13:30:25 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 oAG5UOZd016088 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:30:25 +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 oAFJI6qi006383; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:30:11 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4381351 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:30:10 -0600 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAG5UAeF014191 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:30:10 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAG5U3CA027949 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:30:10 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id A5931405001E; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:30:03 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101116053003.A5931405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:30:03 -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 947 ATHW40 PHFO 160529 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC TUE NOV 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 16 2010 TO THE NORTHWEST...SEVERAL CLOUD BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH A SERIES OF FRONTS CROSSED THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE LARGEST CLOUD BAND EXTENDED ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS WITHIN 90 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 20N 180 TO 22N 175W TO 23N 171W TO 30N 166W AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST AND NORTH...THOUGH ADDITIONAL CLOUD LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE SPREAD UP TO ABOUT 300 MILES FURTHER SOUTHEAST FROM IT BETWEEN 170W AND 160W. THE NEXT CLOUD BAND WAS LOCATED WITHIN 60 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 25N 175W TO 30N 170W AND FURTHER NORTH. THE LAST CLOUD BAND EXTENDED ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS WITHIN 45 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 26N 180 TO 28N 176W TO 30N 173W AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. ALL THESE FEATURES CONSISTED MOSTLY OF DENSE MIDDLE TO LOW CLOUD LAYERS WITH EMBEDDED TOWERING CUMULI AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT HIGHER CLOUD LAYERS ALSO ACCOMPANIED THE PRIMARY CLOUD BAND. THESE FEATURES ALL DRIFTED TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST VERY SLOWLY. CLOUD COVER BETWEEN THE BANDS...AND ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE THIRD ONE...CONSISTED MAINLY OF COLD-AIR CUMULI. WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOWED AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. LAYERED HIGH TO MIDDLE CLOUDS WRAPPING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AROUND THIS FEATURE MOSTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES EAST OF THE CURVE FROM 27N 140W TO 27N 145W TO 25N 147W TO 19N 142W TO 14N 148W TO 16N 152W TO 13N 155W TO 04N 16W TO 07N 140W. TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN 12N AND 07N. LAYERED MIDDLE TO HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION PARTLY TO MOSTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES WITHIN ABOUT THE SAME RANGE OF LATITUDE. OTHERWISE...CLOUD COVER ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS CONSISTED MAINLY OF A LAYER OF MARINE STRATUS BREAKING UP INTO STRATOCUMULI AS IT ENCROACHED FROM THE NORTHEAST. THE NEARLY SOLID OVERCAST WAS LIMITED TO NORTHEAST OF THE CURVE FROM 30N 153 TO 25N 147W TO 20N 140W...BUT ARCS OF STRATOCUMULI REACHED AS FAR SOUTHWEST AS THE CURVE FROM 30N 159W TO 20N 154W TO 17N 140W. INDIVIDUAL STRATOCUMULUS AND CUMULUS FRAGMENTS OCCURRED FURTHER SOUTHWEST AS WELL. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 9000 FEET...AND MOVED TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CLOUD COVER CONSISTED MOSTLY OF AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS AND THEIR LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN INLAND...THOUGH A FEW MARINE CUMULI AND STRATOCUMULI ALSO MOVED ASHORE ALONG SLOPES FACING NORTHEAST...AND A FEW THIN HIGH CLOUDS PASSED OVERHEAD AT TIMES. AREAS WITH THE LEAST CLOUD COVER WERE LIMITED MAINLY TO SOUTHWEST KAUAI...MOST OF OAHU EXCEPT THE KOOLAU RANGE...THE WEST THREE QUARTERS OF MOLOKAI...NORTHWEST LANAI...THE CENTRAL ISTHMUS OF MAUI...THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA ON THE BIG ISLAND... AND THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICTS ON THE BIG ISLAND. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 7000 FEET. RADAR DATA FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS AT MOST. $$ RYSHKO +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.