From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Nov 25 20:39:46 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 oAPCdjWT012277 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:39:46 +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 oAOF3Bwt000834; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:39:25 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4504486 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:39:25 -0600 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAPCdPIr013511 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:39:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAPCdIQb024303 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:39:24 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9D6B73FE084E; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:39:18 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101125123918.9D6B73FE084E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:39:18 -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 815 ATHW40 PHFO 251239 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC THU NOV 25 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC NOVEMBER 25 2010 THE WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RESIDING OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC REGION WITH WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING THE RIDGE AXIS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ALONG A LINE FROM 20N166W TO 33N157W. EAST OF THE RIDGE...AN UPPER TROUGH IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH TOWARDS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. INFRARED IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAKENING FRONTAL BAND CONSISTING OF A 200 TO 300 MILE WIDE SWATH OF LAYERED CLOUDS WHICH COVERS THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM 35N168W TO 28N172W TO 21N177W...CROSSING AN AREA BETWEEN LISIANSKI AND MIDWAY ATOLLS. MOST OF THE ACTIVE EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ALONG THE FRONT SIX HOURS AGO HAVE DISSIPATED. CLOUD TOPS ARE NOW EXTEND ONLY TO AROUND 34 KFT IN HEIGHT. THE FRONT IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...STRONG TRADE WINDS ARE BEING DRIVEN BY A SURFACE HIGH CENTERED AT 35N142W. THE UPPER TROUGH IS ENHANCING SHOWERS...WITH RADAR TRACKING BROKEN CUMULUS CLOUDS AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AFFECTING MOSTLY WINDWARD AND MAUKA SIDES OF THE ISLANDS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS ARE MODERATE IN STRENGTH...WITH TOPS TO 15 KFT IN HEIGHT. INFRARED SATELLITE AND RADAR BOTH SHOW THE EXCEPTION BEING SOME PLUME CLOUD DEVELOPMENT OFF THE BIG ISLAND LEEWARD COAST. 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. FAR SOUTH OF THE STATE IN THE ITCZ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVER AN AREA FROM 06N TO 10N AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN EAST TO WEST. CLOUD TOPS REACH TO 44 KFT IN VERTICAL HEIGHT. $$ 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.