From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Nov 25 08:01:53 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 oAP01qhK016164 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:01:53 +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 oANJ1bik000969; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:01:22 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4499070 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:01:22 -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 oAP01L8G001363 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:01:21 -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 oAP01FuS020191 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:01:21 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 72AEE3FE10C0; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:01:15 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101125000115.72AEE3FE10C0@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:01:15 -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 726 ATHW40 PHFO 250001 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0000 UTC THU NOV 25 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 2330 UTC NOVEMBER 24 2010 AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RESIDES OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC REGION WITH WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING THE RIDGE AXIS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ALONG A LINE FROM 15N170W TO 30N160W. AN UPPER TROUGH IS LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE RIDGE AND IS AFFECTING THE AREA EAST OF 162W NORTH OF 22N. THIS TROUGH IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH TOWARDS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. AN AREA OF TOWERING CUMULUS WITH TOPS TO 25000 FEET IS BEING ENHANCED BY THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND IS LOCATED 140 MILES NORTH OF HILO. THESE CLOUDS ARE ALONG A WEAK TROUGH MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH IN THE LOW LEVEL TRADE WIND FLOW. 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 30N171W 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 30N173W TO 23N180...CROSSING THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BETWEEN PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL AND LISIANSKI. THE FRONT IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS UNDER A TYPICAL AFTERNOON 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 LEEWARD SIDE OF OAHU AND WINDWARD SIDE OF MOLOKAI AND LANAI. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO COVERING MOST OF MAUI AND THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND BELOW 10000 FEET. THE ONLY CLEAR SKIES ON THE BIG ISLAND ARE FROM KILAUEA VOLCANO TO PUNALUU AND PAHALA...AND OVER THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE CROSSING THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI FROM EAST TO WEST AT NEARLY 25 MPH. FEW TO SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THE COASTAL WATERS. $$ 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.