From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Dec 3 02:50:28 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 oB2IoRee013936 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2010 02:50:28 +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 oB2Dwuju000834; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:50:12 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4597034 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:50:12 -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 oB2IoCXP004696 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:50:12 -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 oB2Io5mn002147 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:50:11 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5CDF73FE0852; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:50:05 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101202185005.5CDF73FE0852@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:50:05 -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 899 ATHW40 PHFO 021849 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC THU DEC 02 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 02 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO THE EAST OF THE ISLANDS. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NEAR 30N 138W...ABOUT 1360 MILES NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU. THE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE LOW TO A POINT NEAR 21N 145W. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW IS TO THE WEST OF THE ISLANDS NEAR 19N 180. HIGH CLOUDS ARE AT TIMES PASSING OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE WEST FROM THE SYSTEM AT THE DATELINE. THE SYSTEM TO THE EAST OF THE ISLANDS HAS SURFACE FEATURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. EAST OF 150W...THE SURFACE FEATURE IS A COLD FRONT...WHILE WEST OF 150W AND CLOSE TO THE ISLANDS...THE FEATURE IS A SHEARLINE. LOW CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHEARLINE ARE ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF KAUAI AND OAHU...AND ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF MAUI. ADDITIONAL LOW CLOUDS ARE BETWEEN THE SHEARLINE AND THE ISLANDS THEMSELVES. OVER THE ISLANDS...LOW CLOUDS ARE CONFINED OVER THE EAST SIDES OF THE ISLANDS. ON KAUAI...LOW CLOUDS ARE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE GARDEN ISLE. ON OAHU...CLOUDS BLANKET THE KOOLAU RANGE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS. ADDITIONAL WAVE CLOUDS...CLOUDS ALIGNED PARALLEL TO THE MOUNTAIN RANGE...ARE NOTED DOWNSTREAM OF THE KOOLAU RANGE DUE TO THE STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND PATTERN. CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF THE ISLANDS ARE MOVING FROM EAST AROUND 30 MPH. CLOUDS COVER THE HALAWA VALLEY ON MOLOKAI...WITH JUST A FEW CLOUDS OVER LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE. ON MAUI...A FEW CLOUDS ARE NOTED OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST SKIES OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. ON THE BIG ISLAND...CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL CLOUDS COVER MOST OF THE NORTH HILO...SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. A FEW CLOUDS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM OVER THE KAU...SOUTH KONA AND NORTH KONA DISTRICTS. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.