From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Dec 5 04:47:40 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 oB4KldHt027474 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 04:47:39 +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 oB4J3q52024836; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:47:18 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4627562 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:47:18 -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 oB4KlI9f022511 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:47:18 -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 oB4KlB89024780 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:47:18 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id C97003FE0884; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:47:11 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101204204711.C97003FE0884@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:47:11 -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 101 ATHW40 PHFO 041841 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT DEC 04 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 04 2010 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS SITUATED ABOUT 1500 MILES NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU THIS MORNING NEAR 34.4N 138.0W. AN ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 30N 130W TO 20N 156W. THE TAIL END OF THE TROUGH IS PASSING OVER THE BIG ISLAND AT 8 AM. LOW CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE MOVING FROM THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH. LOW CLOUDS ARE CONCENTRATED OVER THE EAST SIDES OF THE ISLANDS AS A RESULT. ON KAUAI...SCATTERED CLOUDS COVER MOST OF THE ISLAND. ON OAHU...CLOUDS ARE PLENTIFUL OVER THE KOOLAU MOUNTAIN RANGE. ADDITIONAL CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF OAHU AND OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WAIANAE RANGE. MOLOKAI HAS CLOUDS OVER THE HALAWA VALLEY...AND LANAI HAS CLOUDS FORMING OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES. MEANWHILE...JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE NOTED OVER KAHOOLAWE. ON MAUI...CLOUDS ARE PLENTIFUL OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...AND OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA FROM HOOKIPA BEACH PARK TO HANA TO KAUPO. THE BIG ISLAND HAS CLOUDS BUILDING OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAIN RANGE AT 8 AM. ADDITIONAL CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE SLOPES OF THE NORTH HILO...SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE KAU...SOUTH KONA AND NORTH KONA DISTRICTS. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR 30N AND THE DATELINE HAS THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BETWEEN 15N AND 25N...FROM 170W AND THE DATELINE. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.