From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Nov 21 13:00:59 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 oAL50wWW018516 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:00:59 +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 oAK3TGiR000834; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:00:22 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4447045 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:00:22 -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 oAL50MjN022859 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:00:22 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather.admin.niu.edu (weather.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.47]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAL50FjE029539 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:00:21 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 413892290026; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:00:15 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Details: rule=no-quarantine_notspam policy=no-quarantine score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=3 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1011200210 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20101121050015.413892290026@weather.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:00:15 -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 416 ATHW40 PHFO 210500 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC SUN NOV 21 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0430 UTC NOVEMBER 21 2010 LOW CEILINGS ARE PREVALENT ON THE BIG ISLAND OVER THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES BELOW 10 THOUSAND FEET THIS EARLY EVENING. BROKEN TO OCCASIONALLY SCATTERED LOW CLOUDINESS IS THE RULE OVER MAUI AND LANAI...AND...TO A LESSER EXTENT...MOLOKAI. SKIES HAVE BEEN CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY ON OAHU AND KAUAI...IGNORING HIGH CLOUDS THAT HAVE BEEN STREAMING OVER EACH ISLE FROM THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS FROM THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE ALOHA STATE. IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...CONDITIONS ARE PREDOMINANTLY CLEAR TO SCATTERED...AGAIN DISCOUNTING CIRRUS CLOUDINESS OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE ISLAND CHAIN. A FRONT IS FAR NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AND HAS BEEN MOVING EAST NEAR 30 MPH ALONG 30N. HIGH CLOUDS FLOWING OVER THE SURFACE BOUNDARY HAVE BEEN OVERSPREADING THE AREA NORTH OF 20N WEST OF 157W...WITH SOME OF THIS CLOUDINESS...AS MENTIONED ABOVE...SWEEPING OVER KAUAI...OAHU... AND THEIR ADJACENT WATERS. THE SYSTEM IS APPROACHING MIDWAY ATOLL...WHERE THE LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO RAIN AND FOG...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS...AND WEST- SOUTHWEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH. A MID-LEVEL TROUGH WEST OF THE STATE IS INDUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOST OF THE CONVECTION HAS BEEN OCCURRING MORE THAN 200 MILES WEST OF KAUAI...FROM 20N TO 25N BETWEEN 163.5W AND 166W. A MID- TO HIGH-LEVEL TROUGH IS ABOUT 125 MILES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND HAS BEEN HEADING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. THE AXIS OF A SEGMENT OF THE TROUGH IS ALONG A LINE FROM 22N152W TO 17N154W TO 11N163W. CONVECTION HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY ACTIVE EAST OF THE TROUGH AXIS...MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY HAS RECENTLY BEEN FIRING FROM 18N TO 23N BETWEEN 147W AND 150W. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN IGNITING FROM 20.5N TO 24N BETWEEN 151W AND 153.5W. $$ 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.