From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Nov 19 13:30:56 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 oAJ5UtLs031485 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:30:56 +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 oAIHNp4Y000834; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:30:36 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4428409 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:30:36 -0600 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAJ5UaiG015092 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:30:36 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAJ5URSc010739 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:30:34 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8B2C34050029; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:30:26 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101119053026.8B2C34050029@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:30:26 -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 095 ATHW40 PHFO 190530 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC FRI NOV 19 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 19 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A LONGWAVE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WITH AN AXIS FROM 45N179E TO 33N164W TO 21N165W. WEST OF THE AXIS...A 140 MPH EAST TO WEST JET STREAK RUNNING ALONG THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE UPPER LOW ACCORDING TO SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS. A WIDE BAND OF BROKEN CIRRUS CLOUDS ACCOMPANY THE JET WHICH MAINLY COVERS BETWEEN 24N AND 38N AND WEST OF 172W. SHORTWAVE ENERGY PERSISTS DIRECTLY ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WHICH IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS KAUAI AND JUST NORTH OF OAHU. EAST OF THE TROUGH...A WEAK RIDGE PERSISTS WITH AN AXIS FROM 34N150W TO 24N150W. ANOTHER TROUGH THEN IS LOCATED EAST OF THAT RIDGE FROM 35N140W TO 22N140W. ALL OF THESE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES ARE IN A LINE BETWEEN 20N TO 40N AND MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 30N156W TO 23N158W TO 20N168W AND IS CURRENTLY ADVANCING EASTWARD AT 13 MPH ACROSS KAUAI AND NIIHAU THIS EVENING. ALONG THE FRONT...A 150 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS WITH CLOUD TOPS TO 40 KFT IS LOCATED OVER KAUAI AND NIIHAU AND SURROUNDING WATERS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE KAUAI CHANNEL AND ADVANCING TOWARDS OAHU AT THIS TIME. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE FRONT...CIRRUS CLOUDS MOVING NORTHEAST BEHIND THE ADVANCING THUNDERSTORMS COVER AN AREA 250 TO 350 MILES WEST OF THE FRONT DUE TO WINDS ALOFT AND STORM TOP BLOW OFF. CLOUDS AROUND KAUAI ARE OVERCAST AND LAYERED WITH EMBEDDED TOWERING CUMULUS AND CUMULONIMBUS. CLOUDS ACROSS OAHU ARE OVERCAST CUMULUS AND LAYERED. ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM MOLOKAI TO THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN CUMULUS CLOUD BUILD UPS ARE FORMED ALONG THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND INTERIORS AND COASTLINES. BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS DO OCCUR AT THE HALEAKALA AND BIG ISLAND SUMMITS ABOVE 9 KFT IN ELEVATION...THOUGH SCATTERED CLOUDS DO PERSIST ABOVE THIS HEIGHT OVER THE BIG ISLAND. WATERS AROUND THE STATE EAST OF MOLOKAI ARE FEW TO SCATTERED THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT RUNS FROM 31N164W TO 25N174W TO 21N176E. THIS FRONT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A 150 MILE WIDE BAND OF OVERCAST STRATUS CLOUDS. $$ 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.