From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 1 08:29:37 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 oB10Tahp021849 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 08:29:37 +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 oAUJM8bf000834; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:29:23 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4565305 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:29:22 -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 oB10TMAZ015861 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:29:22 -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 oB10TGfh025061 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:29:22 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id E9B453FE086E; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:29:15 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101201002915.E9B453FE086E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:29:15 -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 752 ATHW40 PHFO 010029 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC WED DEC 01 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 01 2010 WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED AT 24N177W...OR 1100 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF KAUAI...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. SCATTERED TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE SWIRLING AROUND A 200 MILE RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER ACROSS THE EASTERN FLANK. THIS LOW IS REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE AS A TROUGH WITH AN AXIS FROM 29N177W TO 11N177E. THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF DENSE LAYERED CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS WITH TOPS TO 49 KFT. THIS CONVECTIVE AREA IS BOUNDED BETWEEN 10N TO 31N AND 166W TO 174W. EAST OF THE 166W LONGITUDE LINE...BANDS OF LAYERED HIGH CLOUDS EXTEND EASTWARD FROM THUNDERSTORM BLOW OFF. THESE CLOUDS ARE PERIODICALLY PASSING OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON TOP OF A WEAK UPPER RIDGE CENTERED AROUND 150 MILES WEST OF KAUAI THIS AFTERNOON. TWO DISTINCT HIGH CLOUD BANDS RUN PARALLEL JUST TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH BREAKS IN THE HIGH CLOUDS...THE LOWER CLOUDS CAN BE SEEN ON VISIBLE SATELLITE. SCATTERED OPEN-CELLED CUMULUS CLOUDS COVER THE OCEAN WATERS UPSTREAM OF THE ISLANDS AND THESE LOW CLOUDS EXTEND TO HEIGHTS OF AROUND 7 KFT ACCORDING TO SOUNDINGS AT HILO AND LIHUE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CLOUDS ARE TRAVELING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH WITH THE TRADE WIND FLOW. THE ISLANDS BREAK UP THE SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE STATE. THE ONLY CLOUDS OBSERVED IN THIS AREA ARE PLUME CLOUDS LEEWARD OF MOLOKAI...OAHU AND KAUAI. ON LAND...BROKEN CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE BANKED AGAINST THE MOUNTAINS AND WINDWARD AREAS FROM KAUAI THROUGH LANAI. MAUI HAS BROKEN CLOUDS OVER WEST MAUI AND THE LOWER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA UP TO 8 KFT IN HEIGHT. THE BIG ISLAND HAS SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS OVER ALMOST THE ENTIRE ISLAND INTERIOR WHILE THE COASTLINES HAVE SUNNY SKIES AROUND MOST OF THE ISLAND. ONE OF THE DENSE HIGH CLOUD BANDS COVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BIG ISLAND. NORTH OF THE STATE...A 150 MILE WIDE BAND OF OVERCAST STRATUS CLOUDS MARK A FRONT ALONG AN AXIS FROM 39N130W TO 31N149W TO 32N165W. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVER THE ITCZ ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN MOSTLY BETWEEN 06N TO 11N AND 151W TO 162W 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.