From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Nov 21 02:30:36 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 oAKIUZwK014653 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:30:36 +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 oAK3TGUb000834; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:30:19 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4444476 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:30:19 -0600 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAKIUJKD026001 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:30:19 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAKIUCDA013367 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:30:18 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id A559B405002B; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:30:12 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101120183012.A559B405002B@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:30:12 -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 306 ATHW40 PHFO 201830 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT NOV 20 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 20 2010 WATER VAPOR SHOWS A WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE BIG ISLAND THAT EXTENDS NNE TO 30N 153W...AND SW TO 10N 165W. THE UPPER TROUGH IS REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE BY A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH LOCATED OVER THE BIG ISLANDS AND EXTENDS NNE UNDER THE UPPER LOW. THE COMBINATION OF BOTH ARE PRODUCING A CLOUD BAND JUST NORTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE BAND IS MADE UP OF LOW AND MID CLOUDS JUST NORTH OF THE BIG ISLAND...BUT 200 MILES N OF HILO...THE BAND STRENGTHENS WITH LAYERED CLOUDS UP TO 35 THOUSAND FEET WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AND EXTENDS N TO 30N 150W. A COLD FRONT FAR NW OF KAUAI IS MOVING ENE AT 30 MPH. THE FRONT IS PRODUCING BROKEN TO OVERCAST SKIES NORTH OF 22N BETWEEN 160W AND THE DATELINE WITH SOME EMBEDDED SHOWERS. ANOTHER WEAK SURFACE TROUGH LOCATED 400 MILES ESE OF THE BIG ISLAND IS PRODUCING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 18N 148W. CLOUD TOPS IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE REACHING 40 THOUSAND FEET. OVER THE ISLANDS...SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING QUICKLY OVERHEAD FROM THE NW. LOW CLOUDS ARE LINGERING OVER THE LOWER SLOPES AND COASTS OF THE WINDWARD BIG ISLAND...WINDWARD OAHU AND INTERIOR MOUNTAIN AREAS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS. THE REST OF THE STATE IS PARTLY CLOUDY. $$ MORRISON +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.