From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Nov 21 08:30:42 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 oAL0Ufdo023000 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:30:42 +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 oAK60wNT000969; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:30:23 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4446094 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:30:23 -0600 Received: from relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (relay04.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.5]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAL0UNUI012124 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:30:23 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAL0UGWK023056 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:30:23 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id D55454050030; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:30:16 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101121003016.D55454050030@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:30:16 -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 583 ATHW40 PHFO 210030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SUN NOV 21 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC NOVEMBER 21 2010 WATER VAPOR SHOWS A WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH 50 MILES EAST OF HILO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE UPPER TROUGH IS ORIENTED N-S FROM 30N 153W TO 20N 153W...AND THEN SW TO 10N 165W. THE UPPER TROUGH IS REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE BY A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH LOCATED JUST N OF THE BIG ISLANDS EXTENDING NNE UNDER THE UPPER LOW. THE COMBINATION OF BOTH TROUGHS ARE PRODUCING A CLOUD BAND CENTERED OVER 30N 150N EXTENDING SSW BEFORE ENDING 200 MILES NNE OF HILO. 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 45 THOUSAND FEET. OVER THE ISLANDS...SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY OVERHEAD FROM THE NW. LOW CLOUDS COVER MOST OF THE BIG ISLAND WITH ONLY THE COASTS AND SUMMITS SEEING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. MAUI HAS MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SLOPES WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY. THE REST OF THE ISLANDS HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN AREAS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER LEEWARD LOCATIONS. $$ 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.