From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 2 02:11:22 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 oB1IBKIU026850 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 02:11:21 +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 oB18qtsH000834; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:10:04 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4578736 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:10:04 -0600 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB1IA46W013030 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:10:04 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB1I9kri012606 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:09:58 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7BCC93FE087C; Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:09:46 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101201180946.7BCC93FE087C@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:09:46 -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 435 ATHW40 PHFO 011809 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC WED DEC 01 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 01 2010 BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVERS THE LEEWARD COASTAL WATERS OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...AND ACROSS THE WINDWARD SIDES OF ALL ISLANDS. LOW CLOUDS ARE SCATTERED OVER THE LEEWARD SIDES OF ALL ISLANDS AND ACROSS THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS. THESE LOW CLOUDS TOP OUT IN THE 12000 FOOT TO 16000 FOOT RANGE AND ARE BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AS THEY MOVE TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THIN CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE CURRENTLY TRAVERSING THE ISLAND CHAIN OVER THE WINDWARD COASTAL WATERS AND THE BIG ISLAND. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE UPPER LOW CENTERED NEAR 20N179W WITH AN UPPER LEVEL JET CURVING AROUND THE SOUTHEASTERN SIDE FROM 300 TO 600 MILES OF THE LOW CENTER. AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS IS LINED UP SOUTH TO NORTH ALONG THE 165W LONGITUDE. PLENTY OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ARE TRAVERSING THE RIDGE AND EXTENDING WELL TO THE EAST...ALTHOUGH THE THICK LAYERED MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ONLY REACH NEAR 162W. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED FAR NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS NEAR 30N146W. THIS TROUGH IS DROPPING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. A COUPLE OF AREAS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA. THE FIRST WITH TOPS NEAR 45000 FEET IS ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW ALONG THE DATE LINE AND COVERS THE AREA WEST OF 175W BETWEEN 17N AND 25N. ANOTHER AREA OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LARGER AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS FURTHER EAST OF THE UPPER LOW. THIS AREA OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 50000 FEET...IS CONFIGURED LIKE A 200 MILE WIDE CRESCENT FROM 10N177W TO 20N166W TO 30N173W...COVERING THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BETWEEN LISIANSKI AND 50 MILES EAST OF MARO REEF. $$ BRENCHLEY +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.