From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Dec 3 08:42:51 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 oB30go55009011 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2010 08:42:51 +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 oB2Jp6OJ017012; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:42:33 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4601170 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:42:33 -0600 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB30gXRO001309 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:42:33 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB30gQdc025369 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:42:32 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 1AAEE3FE0852; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:42:26 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101203004226.1AAEE3FE0852@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:42:26 -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 289 ATHW40 PHFO 030042 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC FRI DEC 03 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 03 2010 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NEAR 33N 136W...ABOUT 1550 MILES NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU AT 2 PM. THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE UPPER LOW TO A POINT NEAR 20N 143W. THE LOW HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NEAR THE DATELINE...ABOUT 1515 MILES WEST OF HONOLULU AT 2 PM. HIGH CLOUDS ARE PASSING OVER PORTIONS OF THE ISLANDS FROM THE WEST. THE THICKEST HIGH CLOUDS REMAIN WEST OF THE ISLANDS...WHILE THE HIGH CLOUDS PASSING OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY OBSCURING THE LOWER CLOUDS. THE SURFACE REFLECTION OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM EAST OF THE ISLANDS HAVE A CLOUD BAND SINKING TOWARDS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. AT 2 PM...THE WESTERN END OF THE BAND IS OVER AND NORTH OF KAUAI... BRINGING LOTS OF LOW CLOUDS TO THE GARDEN ISLE. THE BAND IS ALSO STARTING TO BRUSH OAHU/S NORTH SHORE AT 2 PM. ADDITIONAL CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE KOOLAU RANGE ON OAHU...WITH CLOUDS ALSO FOUND OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND FORMING OVER THE WAIANAE RANGE. MOLOKAI CONTINUES TO SEE CLOUDS OVER HALAWA VALLEY...WHILE JUST A FEW CLOUDS REMAIN OVER KAHOOLAWE AND LANAI. LITTLE CHANGE HAS OCCURRED ON MAUI SINCE DAYBREAK...WITH CLOUDS REMAINING OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS AND HALEAKALA. ON THE BIG ISLAND...CLOUDS REMAIN OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS...AND OVER THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE NORTH HILO...SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. LOW CLOUDS HAVE INCREASED SINCE SUNRISE OVER THE SOUTH KONA AND NORTH KONA DISTRICTS. THE CLOUD BAND NORTH OF THE ISLANDS IS NOT MAKING A LOT OF SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT...BUT INDIVIDUAL CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF THE ISLANDS ARE MOVING FROM THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.