From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Nov 18 13:32:57 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 oAI5WtYY011183 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:32:56 +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 oAHLUiX1000834; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:32:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4413544 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:32:42 -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 oAI5Wg5A015202 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:32:42 -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 oAI5WafL016658 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:32:42 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 2556B405001E; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:32:35 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101118053236.2556B405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:32:35 -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 392 ATHW40 PHFO 180532 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC THU NOV 18 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 18 2010 WATER VAPOR LOOPS AND SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS SHOW THE SOUTHERN END OF A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN NORTH OF 22N AND WEST OF 160W. A STRONG NORTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL JET NOSING INTO THE AREA ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN FLANK OF THIS LOW...NORTH OF 23N AND WEST OF 169W. A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED UPPER RIDGE AXIS IS LOCATED ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...WITH AN UPPER LOW CENTERED 1010 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND MOVING FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. A 250 MILE WIDE BAND OF LAYERED CLOUDS IS CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 13N164W TO 30N158W...CROSSING WITHIN 60 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 41 KFT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS CLOUD BAND. THIS CLOUD BAND IS PROGRESSING EAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER 50 TO 100 MILE WIDE CLOUD BAND CONSISTING OF CUMULUS AND TOWERING CUMULUS IS POSITIONED ALONG A COLD FRONT FROM 30N160W TO 24N165W...MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ANOTHER FRONTAL CLOUD BAND CONSISTING OF LOW CLOUDS ABOUT 150 MILES WIDE STRETCHES FROM 37N174W TO 29N175W TO 22N173E. LAYERED CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS WITH 30 KFT TOPS PERSIST ALONG THIS BAND NORTH OF 28N. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...A VEIL OF THICK HIGH CLOUDS IS COVERING KAUAI AND NIIHAU AND THE SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS OBSCURING THE LOW CLOUD FEATURES. THIN AND WISPY CIRRUS IS FURTHER EAST OVER OAHU AND MOLOKAI. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE DRIFTING EAST...BUT ARE ALSO THINNING AND DISSIPATING AS THEY DO. LOCAL RADAR IMAGERY REVEALS THAT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM JUST OFF THE WEST COAST OF NIIHAU MOVING EAST TOWARDS KAUAI AND OAHU AT 10 MPH. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE INTERIOR OF ALL OTHER ISLANDS...WITH CLOUD TOPS AROUND 9 TO 10 KFT IN HEIGHT. ITCZ CONVECTION IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED BETWEEN 06N AND 10N. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST WEST OF 176W CROSSING THE DATELINE. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IS COVERED WITH CIRRUS CLOUDS FROM DISSIPATED THUNDERSTORMS. A TROUGH WITH AN AXIS FROM 10N147W TO 24N135W AND IS PRODUCING A 350 MILE WIDE LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. $$ FOSTER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.