From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Nov 25 13:38:13 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 oAP5cCVJ031447 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:38:12 +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 oAOF3Bnc000834; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:37:58 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4501850 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:37:57 -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 oAP5bvtC019873 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:37:57 -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 oAP5bpjM006353 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:37:57 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 19892144B0001; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:37:51 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101125053751.19892144B0001@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:37:51 -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 954 ATHW40 PHFO 250537 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC THU NOV 25 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 25 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 17N168W TO 33N157W. EAST OF THE RIDGE...A TROUGH IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH TOWARDS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. A FRONTAL CLOUD BAND SHOWS UP IN THE INFRARED IMAGERY EMBEDDED WITHIN A WIDE SWATH OF LAYERED CLOUDS WHICH COVERS THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30N169W TO 19N180. WITHIN 75 MILES OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS NEAR 45 KFT IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LARGER LAYERED CLOUD BAND. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM 30N171W TO 23N180...CROSSING THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BETWEEN PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL AND LISIANSKI. THE FRONT IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LAST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS UNDER A TYPICAL TRADE WIND CLOUD DISTRIBUTION. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS DOMINATE ACROSS WINDWARD AND MAUKA SIDES OF THE ISLANDS WHILE A FEW CLOUDS COVER LEEWARD SIDES. LEEWARD BIG ISLAND BEING THE EXCEPTION WITH A BIT MORE LOW CLOUDS BUILT UP ALONG THE LEEWARD SLOPES. INVERSION LEVELS ARE A BIT HIGH THIS EVENING WITH THE UPPER TROUGH NEARBY TO THE NORTHEAST. CLOUDS ARE REACHING THE SUMMIT ON HALEAKALA WHILE SOME CLEARING IS OBSERVED OVER THE MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA PEAKS. 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. $$ 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.