From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 1 02:31:20 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 oAUIVITC024752 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 02:31:19 +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 oAU6Y10p000834; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:31:04 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4559135 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:31:03 -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 oAUIV3Y3010448 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:31:03 -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 oAUIUvC8027604 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:31:03 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0B3C03FE0853; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:30:56 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101130183057.0B3C03FE0853@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:30:56 -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 158 ATHW40 PHFO 301830 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC TUE NOV 30 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 30 2010 WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED AT 23N176W...OR 1050 MILES WEST OF KAUAI...MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. SCATTERED TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE SWIRLING AROUND A 250 MILE RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER ACROSS THE EASTERN FLANK. THIS LOW IS REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE AS A TROUGH WITH AN AXIS FROM 26N177W TO 13N180E. THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF DENSE LAYERED CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS WITH TOPS TO 49 KFT IN HEIGHT. THIS CONVECTIVE AREA IS BOUNDED BETWEEN 11N TO 29N AND 161W TO 174W. EAST OF THE 161W LONGITUDE LINE...THIN BANDS OF LAYERED HIGH EXTEND EASTWARD FROM THUNDERSTORM BLOW OFF. THESE CLOUDS ARE PERIODICALLY PASSING OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON TOP OF A WEAK UPPER RIDGE CENTERED ACROSS THE ISLANDS. THE PASSING BANDS OF LAYERED HIGH CLOUDS ARE OBSCURING SOME OF THE LOWER CLOUD FEATURES OVER HAWAII. WHERE LOWER CLOUDS WERE VISIBLE...OPEN-CELLED CUMULUS CLOUDS COVER MUCH OF THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD COASTAL WATERS. THESE LOW CLOUDS EXTEND TO HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 7 KFT ACCORDING TO SOUNDINGS AT HILO AND LIHUE THIS MORNING. THESE CLOUDS ARE TRAVELING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH WITH THE TRADE WIND FLOW. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWS BROKEN CLOUDS BANKED AGAINST WINDWARD AND MAUKA LOCATIONS OVER THE SMALLER MAIN ISLANDS...WHILE LEEWARD LOCATIONS WERE SUNNY UNLESS THEY ARE OBSCURED BY THE PASSING HIGH CLOUD BANDS. THE BIG ISLAND CAN BE SEEN VERY WELL THROUGH THE BANDS AND MOST THE ISLAND IS SUNNY THIS MORNING. THE EXCEPTION BEING A FEW POCKETS OF CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE BUILDING UP ACROSS THE WINDWARD SLOPES. RADAR IS TRACKING ISOLATED WINDWARD SHOWERS MAINLY CONCENTRATED NEAR THE BIG ISLAND. NORTH OF THE STATE...A 100 MILE WIDE BAND OF OVERCAST STRATUS CLOUDS MARK A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG AN AXIS FROM 40N131W TO 31N151W TO 33N170W. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVER THE ITCZ ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN MOSTLY BETWEEN 06N TO 10N AND 147W TO 160W WITH STORM TOPS EXTENDING TO 49 KFT IN HEIGHT. $$ FOSTER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.