From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Nov 18 02:43:58 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 oAHIhubh021301 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:43:57 +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 oAHCpACU000967; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:43:34 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4406938 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:43:34 -0600 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAHIhXIx004955 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:43:33 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAHIhRR1027325 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:43:33 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 57B53405001E; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:43:27 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101117184327.57B53405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:43:27 -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 185 ATHW40 PHFO 171843 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC WED NOV 17 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 17 2010 A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE AREA BETWEEN 160W AND THE DATELINE WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET NOSING INTO THE AREA NORTH OF 25N WEST OF 175W TO THE WEST OF A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH. AN UPPER RIDGE IS LOCATED OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WITH AN UPPER LOW CENTERED AROUND 800 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY LOOPS SHOW THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES A MOVING LITTLE EAST OF 160W...AS A BLOCKING PATTERN EXISTS IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. A 250 MILE WIDE BAND OF LAYERED CLOUDS IS CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 18N162W TO 25N160W TO 30N160W...CROSSING WITHIN 150 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 48000 FEET ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS CLOUD BAND. THIS CLOUD BAND IS PROGRESSING EAST AT A SLOW PACE...AT ABOUT 10 MPH. ANOTHER 50 TO 100 MILE WIDE CLOUD BAND CONSISTING OF CUMULUS AND TOWERING CUMULUS IS POSITIONED ALONG A COLD FRONT FROM 27N162W TO 23N168W...MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. AN AREA OF LAYERED MID TO HIGH CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FROM 10N158W TO 12N148W...THEN NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR 16N140W. A FEW THIN CIRRUS IS FOUND NEAR THE UPPER TROUGH 800 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...A VEIL OF HIGH CLOUDS IS COVERING KAUAI AND NIIHAU AND THE SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS. LOCAL RADAR IMAGERY REVEALS THAT A SHIELD OF RAIN COVERS THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MILES WEST OF BARKING SANDS ON KAUAI. ELSEWHERE...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE WINDWARD COAST AND SLOPES OF MAUI AND THE KONA AND KOHALA COAST AND SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND FROM HONAUNAU NORTH TO UPOLU POINT. MOVEMENT OF THE LOW CLOUD FEATURES OVER THE STATE IS TO NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH OR LESS. $$ 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.