From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Nov 25 02:40:24 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 oAOIeMJj001203 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:40:23 +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 oAOF3BLX000834; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:40:04 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4496649 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:40:04 -0600 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAOIe3bm011841 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:40:03 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAOIdvSA007394 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:40:03 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id EC4F93FE084E; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:39:56 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101124183956.EC4F93FE084E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:39:56 -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 183 ATHW40 PHFO 241839 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC WED NOV 24 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 24 2010 AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RESIDES OVER THE CENTER OF THE REGION WITH WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS BOTH TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE RIDGE. THE RIDGE AXIS RUN SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM 15N170W TO 30N160W. THE UPPER TROUGH TO THE EAST IS AFFECTING THE AREA EAST OF 155W NORTH OF 22N. THIS TROUGH IS MOVING SOUTHWEST SLOWLY TOWARDS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...LEADING TO AN AREA TOWERING CUMULUS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS 200 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HILO. THESE CLOUDS ARE COINCIDENT WITH AN APPARENT WEAK TROUGH MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH IN THE LOW LEVEL TRADE WIND FLOW. MAXIMUM CLOUD TOPS ARE NEAR 40000 FEET. A FRONTAL CLOUD BAND SHOWS UP IN THE IMAGERY EMBEDDED WITHIN A WIDE SWATH OF LAYERED CLOUDS WHICH COVERS THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30N170W TO 20N180. WITHIN 60 NM OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS NEAR 45000 FEET...IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LARGER LAYERED CLOUD BAND. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM 30N174W TO 24N180...CROSSING THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS NEAR PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS UNDER A TYPICAL MORNING TRADE WIND CLOUD DISTRIBUTION. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF KAUAI...THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS AND WINDWARD COAST OF OAHU...AND IN SMALL PATCHES ON THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS OF MOLOKAI...MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE CROSSING THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST TO WEST AT NEARLY 25 MPH. $$ BRENCHLEY +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.