From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Nov 24 13:40:18 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 oAO5eGt8002030 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:40:17 +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 oANHkvpI000834; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:39:44 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4490491 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:39:43 -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 oAO5dhce021227 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:39:43 -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 oAO5dam0008386 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:39:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id C27022290026; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:39:33 -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-1011230259 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20101124053933.C27022290026@weather.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:39:33 -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 221 ATHW40 PHFO 240539 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC WED NOV 24 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 24 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC DOMINATED BY AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 38N152W TO 19N169W AND THE EFFECTS COVER AN AREA FROM 30N TO 10N BETWEEN 143W AND 172W. TO THE WEST OF THIS RIDGE...AN UPPER LEVEL JET IS CROSSES THE DATELINE NEAR MIDWAY ATOLL AND MARKS THE EASTERN FLANK OF AN EASTWARD MOVING DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THE TROUGH IS PRODUCING A DECK OF LAYERED CLOUDS COVERS THE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 18N173E TO 38N160W. THE LOCATION OF THIS CLOUD DECK HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THIS BAND...MAINLY BETWEEN 25N TO 29N AND 177W TO 175E. THE HIGHEST CLOUD TOPS ARE NEAR 50 KFT WITH THESE STORMS. AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...SCATTERED OPEN CELLED CUMULUS CLOUDS COVER MUCH OF THE WINDWARD WATERS. LEEWARD WATERS HAVE A FEW LOW CLOUDS OVERHEAD...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLUME CLOUDS LEEWARD OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. ON KAUAI...SCATTERED CLOUDS COVER THE ISLAND INTERIOR. OAHU IS MOSTLY CLEAR WITH SOME CLOUD BUILD UPS OVER THE KOOLAU RANGE. MOLOKAI HAS CLOUDS ACROSS THE WINDWARD SIDE WHILE LANAI HAS CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE ISLAND. MAUI HAS LOW CLOUDS OVER THE WEST SIDE AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. THE BIG ISLAND HAS CLOUDS OVER MOST OF THE LOWER SLOPES AROUND THE ISLAND. ISOLATED WINDWARD SHOWERS ARE OBSERVED ON RADAR...CONCENTRATED MOSTLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. FAR SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT ALONG THE ITCZ WITH TOPS NEAR 50 KFT. $$ 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.