From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 1 20:00:41 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 oB1C0eqK018386 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 20:00:40 +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 oAUNMmqk007882; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:00:20 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4572926 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:00:20 -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 oB1C0Jce006524 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:00:19 -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 oB1C0CpJ023676 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:00:19 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id C2A523FE0860; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:00:12 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101201120012.C2A523FE0860@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:00:12 -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 895 ATHW40 PHFO 011200 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1200 UTC WED DEC 01 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1130 UTC DECEMBER 01 2010 HIGH CLOUDS HAVE BECOME SCATTERED OVER THE ALOHA STATE THIS EARLY MORNING. MOST OF THE BROKEN CONDITIONS ARE REMAINING WEST AND SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS FOR THE MOMENT. BROKEN TO OCCASIONALLY OVERCAST SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS...SOME WITH TOPS AS HIGH AS 20 THOUSAND FEET...HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE ISLANDS...FROM THE BIG ISLAND TO OAHU...OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS ON THE INDIVIDUAL ISLES ARE SEEING THE MOST LOW CEILINGS AND SHOWERS...THOUGH LEEWARD SECTIONS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS AND WEST MAUI ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING BROKEN CONDITIONS AND PRECIPITATION FROM TIME TO TIME. AS OF THIS WRITING...ON THE OTHER HAND...KAUAI AND LEEWARD PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND ARE PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS FROM THE EAST STATEWIDE...NEAR 15 MPH JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND INCREASING TO 25 MPH MOVING UP THE CHAIN TO KAUAI. SKIES ARE SCATTERED TO BROKEN WITH SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. MOST OF THE CLOUDINESS IS CURRENTLY JUST NORTH CLOCKWISE THROUGH EAST OF THE STATE...AND SOUTH OF MAUI COUNTY AND OAHU. THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AS OF BULLETIN TIME IS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CLOCKWISE THROUGH WEST OF KAUAI. SCATTERED TO BROKEN SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS...WITH EMBEDDED TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDINESS...AHEAD OF A FRONT ARE ABOUT 240 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI AND HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH OVER THE PAST SEVEN HOURS. THESE PREFRONTAL CLOUDS...AND ELEMENTS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ARE NOW NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30N143W TO 26N153W TO 25.5N160W. AN UPPER LOW IS MORE THAN 1200 MILES WEST OF KAUAI AND HAS BEEN PUSHING WEST NEAR 15 MPH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THE SYSTEM IS HELPING TO GENERATE A LARGE AREA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOST OF THE CONVECTION IS LOCATED FROM 18N TO 27N BETWEEN 174W AND 180...AND WITHIN 120 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 29N173W TO 20N166W TO 14N170W TO 10N176W. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII AND ARE FOUND WITHIN 175 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10N163W TO 08N155W TO 07N146W. $$ 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.