From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Nov 28 13:37:15 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 oAS5bDii031256 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:37:14 +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 oAS3RJ9G000834; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:36:56 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4520779 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:36:55 -0600 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAS5at0Y027763 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:36:55 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAS5anpJ000125 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:36:55 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 18EEB3FE10D2; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:36:48 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101128053649.18EEB3FE10D2@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:36:48 -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 674 ATHW40 PHFO 280536 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC SUN NOV 28 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC NOVEMBER 28 2010 BROKEN TO OVERCAST HIGH...CIRRUS...CLOUDS COVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND BLOCK THE VIEW OF LOWER LEVEL FEATURES ON NIGHTTIME INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY. BEFORE THE HIGH CLOUDS MOVED OVER THE AREA VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED RATHER SPARSE LOW CLOUDS OVER THE ISLANDS. THERE WERE PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS OVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE ISLANDS. LOW CLOUDS WERE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED OVER NIIHAU AND LANAI AND OVER LEEWARD AREAS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS. THERE WERE BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS OVER LEEWARD SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND FROM MILOLII TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF KAILUA-KONA. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS THROUGH 700 PM SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN LOW CLOUD COVER SINCE BEFORE SUNSET. SATELLITE LOOPS CONTINUE TO SHOW SHOWERY SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS MOVING TOWARD THE ISLANDS FROM SLIGHTLY NORTH OF EAST AT 25 MPH. RADARS SHOW MODERATE SHOWERS IN THESE CLOUDS. A FEW OF THE SHOWERS HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER WINDWARD AREAS OF THE ISLANDS BUT MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN SLIDING PAST THE ISLANDS OR DISSIPATING JUST OFFSHORE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC WITH ACTIVE WEATHER EAST AND WEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ONE LOW ALOFT IS CENTERED 475 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HILO AT 21N148W. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS AND SCATTERED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS WITH TOPS TO 35000 FT COVER THE AREA FROM 19N TO 24N BETWEEN 143W AND 149W. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS THE LOW HAS MOVED NORTH AT 10 MPH. A SECOND LOW ALOFT IS CENTERED 1100 MILES WEST OF KAUAI AT 24N177W. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS THE LOW HAS MOVED SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. A 450 MILE WIDE BAND OF OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM 30N168W TO 19N171W. THERE IS A RIDGE ALOFT BETWEEN THE LOW WEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND THE ONE TO THE EAST. BROKEN TO OVERCAST CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE STREAMING EAST AND SOUTHEAST OVER THE RIDGE FROM THE CLOUD BAND WEST OF THE MAIN ISLANDS. THE CIRRUS IS IN A 450 MILE WIDE BAND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 250 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILO TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIHUE TO 30N160W. $$ DONALDSON +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.