From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Nov 24 20:41:29 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 oAOCfS7m022945 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:41:29 +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 oANHkv1Y000834; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:41:07 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4493086 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:41:07 -0600 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAOCf63d014708 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:41:06 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAOCf0ic000702 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:41:06 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 6AF253FE0851; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:41:00 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101124124100.6AF253FE0851@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:41:00 -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 396 ATHW40 PHFO 241240 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC WED NOV 24 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC NOVEMBER 24 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC DOMINATED BY AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 38N155W TO 19N169W AND THE EFFECTS COVER AN AREA FROM 30N TO 10N AND 140W TO 173W. TO THE WEST OF THIS RIDGE IS AN EASTWARD MOVING DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. A COLD FRONT IS REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE ALONG A LINE FROM 34N171W TO 22N173E. THE FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH IS PRODUCING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN A 400 MILE WIDE BAND ALONG THE COLD FRONT LINE. THE STORMS ARE TRAVELING NORTHEASTWARD AT 15 MPH. THE HIGHEST CLOUD TOPS ARE NEAR 52 KFT WITH THESE STORMS AND HAVE OVERALL STRENGTHENED OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED JET STREAM RUNS BETWEEN THE UPPER RIDGE AND THE UPPER TROUGH. WITH THE UPPER RIDGE PARKED OVERHEAD...INFRARED SATELLITE SHOWS SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS CLOUDS AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS EARLY THIS MORNING. OPEN-CELLED CUMULUS DOMINATE OVER MUCH OF THE WINDWARD WATERS WHILE THE LEEWARD WATERS HAVE PLUME CLOUDS COMING OFF MAINLY MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. LAND AREAS HAVE CLOUD BUILD UPS MOSTLY OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS. RADAR IS TRACKING SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER WINDWARD SIDES OF THE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. MANY OF THE SHOWERS ARE CONCENTRATED ACROSS WINDWARD BIG ISLAND WHICH BECOME MORE DISPERSE THE FURTHER TO THE WEST. FAR SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...RELATIVELY WEAK AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT ALONG THE ITCZ WITH TOPS NEAR 47 KFT. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS PRESENT BETWEEN 06N AND 10N. $$ 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.