From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 1 13:02:00 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 oB151wc7031944 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 13:01:59 +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 oAUJM8rs000834; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:01:05 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4568530 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:01:05 -0600 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB1515fg005774 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:01:05 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB150wv8018498 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:01:04 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id A1CDC3FE087F; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:00:58 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101201050058.A1CDC3FE087F@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:00:58 -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 976 ATHW40 PHFO 010500 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC WED DEC 01 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0430 UTC DECEMBER 01 2010 SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS ARE SWEEPING OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST THIS EARLY EVENING. MUCH OF THIS CLOUDINESS IS DEBRIS FROM CONVECTION THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING WEST OF THE ALOHA STATE. AT THE LOWER LEVELS...CONDITIONS ARE PREDOMINANTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF LOW CLOUD CEILINGS...SOME WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS...ARE FAVORING WINDWARD AND MAUKA SECTIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL ISLES. LOW CLOUD MOTION IS FROM THE EAST TO SLIGHTLY NORTH OF EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN. AT THE MOMENT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A BAND OF BROKEN SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS IS ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND IS HEADING WEST WITH THE PREVAILING TRADE FLOW. THIS LINE OF LOW CLOUDINESS AVERAGES AROUND 50 MILES WIDE AND IS ABOUT 200 MILES LONG MEASURED NORTH-TO-SOUTH. EXCEPT FOR HIGH CLOUDS...SKIES ARE OTHERWISE CLEAR TO SCATTERED IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE LEADING EDGE OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS AHEAD OF A FRONT IS 350 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI AND IS HEADING SOUTH NEAR 10 MPH. MOST OF THIS CLOUDINESS IS CURRENTLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30N147W TO 26N153W TO 27N160W. AN UPPER LOW IS MORE THAN 1100 MILES WEST OF KAUAI AND HAS MOVED WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. CONVECTION IS FIRING NEAR THE LOW CENTER AND IN A LARGE ARC TO THE NORTHEAST CLOCKWISE THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE LOW. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED WITHIN 150 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 21N179W TO 28N172W TO 20N167W TO 15N166W TO 10N176W. MORE CONVECTION... ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...IS FOUND WITHIN 135 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 12N162W TO 08N156W TO 06N148W. $$ KINEL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.