From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Nov 16 20:08:40 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 oAGC8ckG029481 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:08:39 +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 oAF61vSG006502; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:08:14 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4383885 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:08:14 -0600 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAGC8EMX008731 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:08:14 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAGC82W9002698 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:08:13 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 29332108B0001; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:08:01 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101116120802.29332108B0001@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:08:01 -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 104 ATHW40 PHFO 161207 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC TUE NOV 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC NOVEMBER 16 2010 TO THE NORTHWEST...SEVERAL CLOUD BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH A SERIES OF FRONTS MERGED INTO A COMPLEX LARGER FEATURE. A MIX OF DENSE LOW TO MIDDLE CLOUD LAYERS ALTERNATING WITH COLD-AIR CUMULI PREVAILED NORTHWEST OF THE CURVE FROM 19N 180 TO 23N 165W TO 28N 160W TO 30N 161W. ADDITIONAL HIGH TO MIDDLE CLOUD LAYERS SPREAD UP TO ABOUT 300 MILES FURTHER SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 170W AND 160W. ISOLATED EMBEDDED TOWERING CUMULI AND PROBABLE THUNDERSTORMS ROSE THROUGH THE LOWER CLOUDS NORTH OF THE CURVE FROM 30N 170W TO 21N 164W TO 30N 161W. THIS FEATURE AS A WHOLE DRIFTED SOUTHEAST SLOWLY...WHILE ADDITIONAL CLOUD BANDS ACCUMULATED MORE RAPIDLY FROM THE NORTHWEST. 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 PARTLY TO MOSTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES EAST OF THE CURVE FROM 27N 140W TO 28N 146W TO 23N 144W TO 20N 140W TO 09N 159W TO 06N 153W TO 08N 140W. TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN 11N AND 07N...AND EXTENDED FURTHER NORTHWEST ALONG A TROUGH FROM 11N 154W TO 16N 160W. 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 APPROACHED FROM THE NORTHEAST. THE NEARLY SOLID OVERCAST WAS LIMITED TO NORTHEAST OF THE CURVE FROM 30N 150W TO 24N 147W TO 22N 140W... BUT ARCS OF STRATOCUMULI REACHED AS FAR SOUTHWEST AS THE CURVE FROM 30N 160W TO 20N 154W TO 18N 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 MARINE CUMULI AND STRATOCUMULI MOVING ASHORE ALONG SLOPES FACING NORTHEAST...THOUGH A FEW THIN HIGH CLOUDS PASSED OVERHEAD AT TIMES...AND LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS ON MONDAY STILL LANGUISHED IN PLACES...ESPECIALLY ALONG LOWER WEST SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND. THESE LOWER 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.