From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Nov 28 02:44:34 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 oARIiWJG025298 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:44:33 +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 oAPHiLxb000834; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:44:13 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4518015 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:44:13 -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 oARIiCvI024768 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:44:12 -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 oARIi68H028701 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:44:12 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5FD743FE084E; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:44:06 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101127184406.5FD743FE084E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:44:06 -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 971 ATHW40 PHFO 271843 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT NOV 27 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 27 2010 WATER VAPOR SHOWS THE UPPER LOW EAST OF THE ISLANDS TO BE NEAR 20N 147.4W...OR ABOUT 480 MILES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AT 8 AM. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS THE UPPER LOW HAS BEGUN TO LIFT TO THE NORTH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS NEAR 42 THOUSAND FEET ARE NOTED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE UPPER LOW CENTER. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND ALONG A LINE FROM 17N 138W TO 11N 141W TO 9N 146W...WITH TOPS NEAR 50 THOUSAND FEET. SOME THIN HIGH CLOUDS ARE NOTED THIS MORNING WEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. MOST OF THE LOW CLOUDS ARE OVER AND NEAR KAUAI AND NIIHAU THIS MORNING. THESE ISLANDS ARE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF AN AREA OF CLOUDINESS THAT IS MOVING TO THE WEST. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE KOOLAU RANGE ON OAHU...AND OVER THE HALAWA VALLEY ON MOLOKAI. LANAI APPEARS TO BE VIRTUALLY CLOUD FREE AT 8 AM. ON MAUI...LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS AND HALEAKALA. A PLUME CLOUD EXTENDING SOUTHWEST OF MAUI IS AFFECTING PORTIONS OF KAHOOLAWE. ON THE BIG ISLAND...SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS...WITH ADDITIONAL CLOUDS MOVING ONSHORE IN THE SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. A FEW HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO FORM OVER THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND FROM HAWAIIAN OCEAN VIEW ESTATES TO KAILUA-KONA. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.