From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Nov 20 13:00:35 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 oAK50XSZ011572 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:00:35 +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 oAIIHt4G000969; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:00:19 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4439752 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:00:19 -0600 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAK50IDw013527 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:00:18 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAK50C7J021211 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:00:18 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4B1A44050027; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:00:12 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101120050012.4B1A44050027@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:00:12 -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 736 ATHW40 PHFO 200500 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC SAT NOV 20 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0430 UTC NOVEMBER 20 2010 A SURFACE TROUGH IS OVER THE EASTERN END OF THE ISLAND CHAIN AND APPEARS TO BE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS...SHOWERS...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY...WITH SOME OF THE CONVECTION CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE AREA FROM HAMAKUA TO PUNA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND. LOW CEILINGS ARE ALSO EVIDENT OVER COASTAL AND UPSLOPE SECTIONS OF KAU. SKIES ARE PREDOMINANTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE AROUND THE ALOHA STATE. LOW CLOUD MOTION IS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH FROM KAUAI TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING FROM WEST TO EAST. LOW LEVEL FLOW IS FROM THE EAST AT 10 MPH JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING JUST NORTHEAST AND EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THERE ARE MORE SHOWERS OVER KAHOOLAWE... SOUTH OF MAUI...AND IMMEDIATELY WEST OF SOUTH KOHALA ON THE BIG ISLAND. A PLUME THAT HAD EXITED TO THE SOUTH OF OAHU IS EMBEDDED WITH SHOWERS AND IS NOW WEST OF LANAI. A SMALL AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXISTS NORTH OF OAHU AND NORTHWEST OF MOLOKAI. EXCEPT FOR HIGH CLOUDINESS APPROACHING KAUAI FROM THE NORTHWEST... CONDITIONS ARE OTHERWISE CLEAR TO SCATTERED IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...HIGH CLOUDS ARE ABOUT TO OVERSPREAD KAUAI FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE BROKEN TO OVERCAST CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE RIDING OVER THE TOP OF A SURFACE FRONT FAR NORTHWEST OF THE STATE. AT THE MOMENT...MOST OF THE CLOUDINESS IS NORTH OF 22N WEST OF 160W. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS AROUND 500 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND HAS BEEN PUSHING WEST SLOWLY. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN IGNITING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 50 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 21N145W TO 17.5N145W TO 16N148W. SOMEWHAT FARTHER SOUTH...CONVECTION IS FLARING ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. MOST OF THIS CONVECTION IS LOCATED FROM 08N TO 13N BETWEEN 140W AND 152W. MORE ACTIVITY IS FOUND FROM 06.5N TO 09N BETWEEN 152W AND 162W. $$ KINEL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.