From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Nov 27 13:30:49 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 oAR5UmwA026597 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:30:49 +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 oAPHiLlZ000834; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:30:31 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4515095 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:30:31 -0600 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAR5UUnN012049 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:30:30 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAR5UOVW006542 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:30:30 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 3F494144B0001; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:30:24 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101127053024.3F494144B0001@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:30:24 -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 741 ATHW40 PHFO 270530 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC SAT NOV 27 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 27 2010 FEW TO SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED OVER AND NEAR THE ISLANDS AT THIS WRITING. THE ONE EXCEPTION WAS AN AREA OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS OVER THE KONA COAST AND LOWER SLOPES SOUTH OF MOUNT HUALALAI. HIGH CLOUDS OBSCURED THE LOW CLOUDS OVER KAUAI...BUT SMALL BREAKS IN THE CIRRUS HINT THAT THERE ARE SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS THERE. THE LIHUE OBSERVATION CONFIRMS THIS. THE HIGH CLOUDS WERE GATHERED INTO LARGE AREAS FROM A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE ACROSS OAHU TO WELL PAST THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE AT 180W. LOW CLOUD TOPS BASED ON CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR 8 THOUSAND FEET. HIGH CLOUD TOPS WERE UP TO 38 THOUSAND FEET. FURTHER AFIELD...AN AREA OF BROKEN SHOWER-BEARING CLOUDS EXTENDED SOME 200 MILES NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAUI TO 150 MILES NORTHEAST OF KAUAI. THE CLOUDS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH...AND SHOULD REACH MAUI FIRST THEN SPREAD UP THE ISLAND CHAIN TO KAUAI. THE ONLY OTHER CLOUD FEATURE OF NOTE WAS THE BIG ISLAND PLUME CONSISTING OF BROKEN CLOUDS EXTENDING FAR TO THE WEST OF THE KONA COAST. THESE CLOUDS WERE SOUTH OF 20N. LOOKING AT THE WATER VAPOR CHANNEL...A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS CENTERED ABOUT 500 MILES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AT 19N147W. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE LOWS NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE...AND EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF THE LOW WITHIN 120 MILES OF LINE FROM 09N145W TO 18N139W. THUNDERSTORMS TOPS REACHED 50 THOUSAND FEET. $$ CRAIG +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.