From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Dec 5 20:30:46 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 oB5CUip1024431 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:30:45 +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 oB4J3ql6024836; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 06:30:25 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4635650 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 06:30:24 -0600 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB5CUNMC014075 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 06:30:23 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB5CUGJG007007 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 06:30:23 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id A14263FE0854; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 06:30:16 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101205123016.A14263FE0854@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 06:30:16 -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 492 ATHW40 PHFO 051230 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC SUN DEC 05 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 05 2010 AT 2 AM...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. PATCHES AND SMALL CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WERE COMMON BETWEEN 50 AND 200 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ISLAND CHAIN. AND SIMILAR CLOUDS EXTENDED 700 MILES EASTWARD FROM THE BIG ISLAND. WEAKENING TRADE WINDS IN THE AREA WERE PUSHING THE LOW CLOUDS WEST INTO THE BIG ISLAND. THOSE CLOUDS EAST OF MAUI COUNTY...OAHU AND KAUAI APPEARED TO BE VEERING JUST SLIGHTLY NORTHWESTWARD TO AVOID THOSE ISLANDS. HOWEVER...SOME OF THOSE LOW CLOUDS WERE FINDING THEIR WAY ONTO MAINLY THE WINDWARD SECTIONS OF THOSE ISLANDS AS WELL. OTHERWISE...THERE WERE RELATIVELY FEW CLOUDS OVER THE SURROUNDING WATERS WITHIN 600 MILES OF THE STATE. A LARGE AREA OF UNSTABLE WEATHER REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE ISLANDS TOWARD THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 25N 177E WAS PRODUCING BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDINESS ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF 15N BETWEEN 170W AND 175E. ELSEWHERE...AN UPPER TROUGH EXTENDED FROM AN UPPER LOW NEAR 34N 132W THROUGH 30N 135W TO 24N 139W TO NEAR 17N 152W. A LARGE SWATH OF SWATH OF CIRRUS CLOUDS WAS SPREADING EASTWARD SOUTH OF THE TROUGH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED BENEATH AND WITHIN THE MASS OF HIGH CLOUDS IN THIS REGION. BUT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF 147W. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.