From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Nov 26 02:52:39 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 oAPIqbaO012910 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 02:52:38 +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 oAPI8E93000969; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:52:19 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4506882 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:52:18 -0600 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAPIqIPh005590 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:52:18 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAPIqC21023399 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:52:18 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 25DDC3FE0852; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:52:12 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101125185212.25DDC3FE0852@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:52:12 -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 858 ATHW40 PHFO 251852 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC THU NOV 25 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 25 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING IN TO THE EAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS ALONG A LINE FROM 27N 140W TO 22N 153W. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH IS LOCATED NEAR 26N 141W. HIGH CLOUDS FROM THE ITCZ ARE STREAMING TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO NOTED IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH CLOUDS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO FOUND IN THE ITCZ IN TWO MAIN AREAS. THE FIRST AREA IS BETWEEN 6N AND 10N FROM 136W TO 150W WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REACHING NEAR 47 THOUSAND FEET. THE OTHER AREA IS CENTERED NEAR 7N 166W WITH TOPS NEAR 50 THOUSAND FEET. LOW CLOUDS ARE CONCENTRATED OVER THE EASTERN SIDES OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING TO VARYING DEGREES. ON KAUAI...LOW CLOUDS COVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE ISLAND. ON OAHU...THE LOW CLOUDS ARE CONFINED TO THE KOOLAU MOUNTAIN RANGE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS. MOLOKAI HAS LOW CLOUDS OVER THE HALAWA VALLEY...WHILE LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE ARE VIRTUALLY CLOUD FREE THIS MORNING. ON MAUI...CLOUDS ARE PLENTIFUL OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...AND OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. THREE MAIN AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS ARE NOTED ON THE BIG ISLAND AT 8 AM. THE FIRST AREA IS OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS. THE NEXT AREA IS OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTH HILO...SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. THE FINAL AREA IS OVER THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE KAU AND SOUTH KONA DISTRICTS. THE CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTH KONA DISTRICT ARE BEGINNING TO SPILL OVER INTO THE NORTH KONA DISTRICT AT 8 AM. LOW CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF THE ISLANDS ARE MOVING FROM THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.