From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Nov 26 08:48:38 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 oAQ0mbNe004190 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:48:38 +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 oAPI8EKU000969; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:48:01 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4508973 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:48:01 -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 oAQ0m0aw022539 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:48:00 -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 oAQ0lsnE021465 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:48:00 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id EAC1C3FE084E; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:47:53 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101126004753.EAC1C3FE084E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:47:53 -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 195 ATHW40 PHFO 260047 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC FRI NOV 26 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC NOVEMBER 26 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 25N 143W. AN ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS THROUGH THE LOW TO 20N 153W. HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO STREAM TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE TROUGH WITH TOPS NEAR 37 THOUSAND FEET. ANOTHER LARGER THUNDERSTORM AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW IS CENTERED NEAR 17N 144W WITH TOPS REACHING NEAR 45 THOUSAND FEET. IN GENERAL LOW CLOUDS HAVE THINNED OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SINCE DAYBREAK. SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER KAUAI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ON OAHU...MOST OF THE CLOUDS REMAIN OVER THE KOOLAU RANGE...BUT HAVE THINNED SINCE SUNRISE. ADDITIONAL CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM OVER THE WAIANAE RANGE AT 2 PM. CLOUDS REMAIN OVER THE HALAWA VALLEY ON MOLOKAI...AND ONLY A FEW CLOUDS ARE NOTED OVER MOLOKAI AND LANAI. ON MAUI...CLOUDS THINNED A BIT OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS...A FEW CLOUDS HAVE FORMED OVER THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. THREE MAIN AREAS OF CLOUDS REMAIN OVER THE BIG ISLAND AT 2 PM. THE CLOUDS OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS HAVE THINNED...AS HAVE THE CLOUDS OVER THE NORTH HILO...SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. CLOUDS HAVE ALMOST DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY OVER THE KAU DISTRICT...WHILE CLOUDS HAVE EXPANDED OVER THE SOUTH KONA AND NORTH KONA DISTRICTS. 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.