From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Dec 5 08:37:51 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 oB50boVD009905 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 08:37:51 +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 oB42n7ns017012; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 18:37:36 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4629140 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 18:37:36 -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 oB50ba3m003989 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 18:37:36 -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 oB50bTeK005038 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 18:37:35 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 80C9C3FE0852; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 18:37:29 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101205003729.80C9C3FE0852@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 18:37:29 -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 032 ATHW40 PHFO 050037 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SUN DEC 05 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 05 2010 LOW CLOUDS OVER THE SMALLER ISLANDS HAVE GENERALLY THINNED SINCE DAYBREAK. AT 2 PM...JUST A FEW CLOUDS WERE OVER NIIHAU...KAUAI AND OAHU. CLOUDS REMAIN OVER HALAWA VALLEY ON MOLOKAI...BUT HAVE DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE AT 2 PM. ON MAUI...CLOUDS REMAIN OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...BUT HAVE THINNED A BIT SINCE DAYBREAK. SIMILARLY...CLOUDS HAVE THINNED OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA...WHILE A FEW CLOUDS HAVE FORMED OVER THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. ON THE BIG ISLAND...CLOUDS REMAIN OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS...AND OVER THE NORTH HILO...SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. A SMALL BATCH OF CLOUDS IS NOTED UPSLOPE OF PUNALUU AND HAWAIIAN OCEAN VIEW ESTATES IN THE KAU DISTRICT AT 2 PM. LOW CLOUDS INCREASED OVER THE SOUTH KONA AND NORTH KONA DISTRICTS...WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERHEAD AT 2 PM. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS TO BE NEAR 33.4N 136.3W...ABOUT 1560 MILES NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU AT 2 PM. THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE TROUGH AXIS LIES ALONG A ROUGH LINE FROM 29N 129W TO 17N 154W. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE DATELINE CONTINUES TO SPARK THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 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.