From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Nov 28 08:42:11 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 oAS0g9D4016478 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:42:10 +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 oAPHiL56000834; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:41:49 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4519607 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:41:49 -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 oAS0fnKf013455 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:41:49 -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 oAS0fgxq027635 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:41:49 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id D54653FE084E; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:41:42 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101128004142.D54653FE084E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:41:42 -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 307 ATHW40 PHFO 280041 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SUN NOV 28 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC NOVEMBER 28 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 20N 147W...ABOUT 510 MILES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AT 2 PM. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN ACTIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW WITH CLOUD TOPS REACHING NEAR 41 THOUSAND FEET. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND IN THE ITCZ...AND ARE BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY 15.4N 140.0W TO 8.6N 134.8W TO 9.0N 154.6W WITH TOPS REACHING NEAR 50 THOUSAND FEET. HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM THE WEST. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM NEAR 30N 177W TO 19N 180. THE HIGH CLOUDS OVER KAUAI AND NIIHAU ARE THICK ENOUGH TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY OBSCURE THE LOWER CLOUDS OVER THESE ISLANDS. THROUGH THE USE OF ANIMATED VISIBLE IMAGERY...THERE APPEARS TO ONLY BE A FEW AREAS OF CLOUDS OVER KAUAI AT 2 PM. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER OAHU...MOLOKAI...LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE AT 2 PM. ON MAUI...THE CLOUDS HAVE THINNED A BIT SINCE SUNRISE...BUT REMAIN CONCENTRATED OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS AND HALEAKALA. ON THE BIG ISLAND...THE CLOUDS OVER THE HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS DISSIPATED BY NOON...WHILE THE CLOUDS OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS THICKENED. CLOUDS HAVE ALSO BUILT UP OVER THE SOUTH KONA AND NORTH KONA DISTRICTS IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.