From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 2 20:01:32 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 oB2C1U3s014169 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 20:01:31 +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 oB1KDt21000834; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 06:00:29 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4591046 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 06:00:28 -0600 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB2C0SIc028904 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 06:00:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB2C0M7p019041 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 06:00:28 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 15F793FE086A; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 06:00:22 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101202120022.15F793FE086A@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 06:00:22 -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 187 ATHW40 PHFO 021200 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1200 UTC THU DEC 02 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1130 UTC DECEMBER 02 2010 THIN HIGH CLOUDS REMAIN BROKEN TO OCCASIONALLY SCATTERED OVER THE ISLAND CHAIN THIS EARLY MORNING...LITTLE CHANGE SINCE LAST EVENING. MOST OF THE CLOUDINESS IS DEBRIS FROM CONVECTION OCCURRING WEST OF THE ISLANDS. LOW CLOUD CEILINGS...SOME WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS...HAVE BEEN ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE ALOHA STATE...ESPECIALLY IN WINDWARD AND MAUKA SECTIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL ISLES. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTING COASTAL AND LOWER UPSLOPE AREAS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KONA ON THE BIG ISLAND. OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE ARE PREDOMINANTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY BELOW THE HIGH CEILINGS. LOW CLOUD MOTION IS FROM THE EAST TO EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH STATEWIDE. SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS HAVE BECOME SCATTERED TO BROKEN UPWIND FROM THE ISLANDS IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...AND THEY ARE MOVING ALONG WITH THE PREVAILING FRESH TO STRONG TRADE FLOW. DISCOUNTING HIGH CLOUDINESS...CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR TO SCATTERED DOWNWIND...THOUGH THIN BANDS OF PLUME CLOUDINESS ARE GENERATING SMALL AREAS OF LOW CEILINGS WEST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND SOUTHWEST OF THE OTHER ISLES... AT LEAST FROM TIME TO TIME. AT THE MOMENT...THE LEADING EDGE OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS WITH A FRONT IS ALONG A LINE FROM 25N140W TO 22.5N150W... CONTINUING AS A SHEAR LINE TO A POINT 190 MILES NORTH OF HILO TO A POINT 175 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI TO 26N165W. THE LEADING EDGE HAS BEEN HEADING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH SINCE LAST EVENING... THOUGH IT BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY WEST OF 160W. AN UPPER LOW HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY AROUND 1350 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW ARE LOCATED FROM 16.5N TO 25N BETWEEN 174W AND 178E. A LARGER AREA OF CONVECTION IS IN AN ARC TO THE NORTHEAST CLOCKWISE THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE LOW. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS FOUND WITHIN 250 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 32N173W TO 28N167W TO 13N170W. THE HIGH CLOUDINESS SWEEPING OVER HAWAII FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST... AS MENTIONED IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH...IS BLOWOFF FROM THE CONVECTION FIRING WITHIN THIS BROAD CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. $$ 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.