From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Nov 19 20:40:53 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 oAJCeqka031421 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:40:52 +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 oAJ60oEW000834; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:40:34 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4431097 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:40:34 -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 oAJCeY0W007836 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:40:34 -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 oAJCeRru026058 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:40:33 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8D0454050021; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:40:27 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101119124027.8D0454050021@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:40:27 -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 263 ATHW40 PHFO 191240 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC FRI NOV 19 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC NOVEMBER 19 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A LONGWAVE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WITH AN AXIS FROM 46N180E TO 30N162W TO 21N166W. WEST OF THE AXIS...A 135 MPH EAST TO WEST ORIENTED JET STREAK RUNS 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 25N AND 38N AND WEST OF 168W. SHORTWAVE ENERGY PERSISTS DIRECTLY ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WHICH IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY. EAST OF THE TROUGH...A WEAK RIDGE PERSISTS WITH AN AXIS FROM 33N149W TO 22N149W. ANOTHER TROUGH IS THEN LOCATED EAST OF THAT RIDGE FROM 31N137W TO 22N136W. ALL OF THESE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES ARE IN A LINE BETWEEN 20N TO 40N AND MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 30N155W TO 21N157W TO 20N161W AND IS CURRENTLY ADVANCING EASTWARD AT 15 MPH ACROSS THE KAIWI CHANNEL AND MOLOKAI THIS MORNING. ALONG THE FRONT...A 200 MILE WIDE LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS COVERS THE SMALLER MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL TO KAUAI AND FURTHER WESTWARD. CLOUDS IN THIS VICINITY ARE OVERCAST AND LAYERED WITH EMBEDDED TOWERING CUMULUS WITH TOPS AS HIGH AS 30 KFT. A STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CELL IS 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF KAUAI AND HAS TOPS TO 45 KFT. ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN CUMULUS WITH ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS MOST OF THE ISLAND INTERIORS AND COASTLINES. SHOWERS HAVE POPPED UP OVER THE KOHALA AND NORTH KONA COAST THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE...A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT RUNS FROM 29N166W TO 21N174E. 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.