From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Dec 6 05:02:43 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 oB5L2gc9030674 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 05:02:43 +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 oB42n75a017012; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:02:28 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4640493 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:02:28 -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 oB5L2S8v015537 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:02:28 -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 oB5L2Lei013006 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:02:27 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 931AB3FE0856; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:02:21 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101205210221.931AB3FE0856@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:02:21 -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 999 ATHW40 PHFO 051843 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SUN DEC 05 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 05 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC REGION BETWEEN 170W AND 155W. A SHARP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE DATELINE...SPREADING COPIOUS HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD BETWEEN THE DATELINE AND 170W. THE SUBTROPICAL UPPER LEVEL JET IS LOCATED SOUTH OF 15N TRAVERSING BETWEEN 160W AND 140W. WIDESPREAD LAYERED MID AND HIGH CLOUDS COVERS THE AREA WEST OF 170W. THIS AREA OF CLOUDS IS MOST DENSE AND NEARLY CONTINUOUS STRETCHING NORTH OF 22N ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WEST OF MARO REEF. WITHIN THIS AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS....ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 45000 FEET ARE FOUND. THESE ARE MOSTLY CONCENTRATED WITHIN 120 MILES OF THE DATELINE NORTH OF 15N. ELSEWHERE...THE CENTRAL PACIFIC IS COVERED BY AN ASSORTMENT OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW TOPPED STRATOCUMULUS DECKS...NONE OF THESE MORE THAN 100 MILES WIDE. OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...SKIES ARE MAINLY CLEAR...WITH SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS OVER THE WINDWARD HALF OF KAUAI...AND ALONG THE WINDWARD COASTS OF MOLOKAI...MAUI AND THE WINDWARD NORTH KOHALA COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. A SMALL PATCH OF LOW CLOUDS COVERS THE SOUTH KONA COAST BETWEEN SOUTH POINT AND HONAUNAU AND EXTENDING OVER THE NEARBY COASTAL WATERS WITHIN 30 MILES. CLOUD TOPS ARE RANGING BETWEEN 6000 AND 8000 FEET...EXCEPT LOCALLY TO 10000 FEET OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. INDIVIDUAL CLOUD ELEMENTS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. $$ BRENCHLEY +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.