From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Dec 6 08:52:58 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 oB60quR5012431 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:52:57 +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 oB5EhOIS024836; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:52:27 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4642033 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:52:27 -0600 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB60qROi026405 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:52:27 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB60qDQ4013852 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:52:19 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 974783FE0859; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:52:13 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101206005213.974783FE0859@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:52:13 -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 060038 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC MON DEC 06 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 06 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC REGION BETWEEN 170W AND 155W SOUTH OF 25N. A SHARP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE DATELINE...SPREADING COPIOUS HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD BETWEEN THE DATELINE AND 170W. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH IS SKIRTING JUST NORTH OF THE AREA NEAR 35N145W. 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 NORTH OF 21N. THIS AREA OF CLOUDS IS THE RESULT OF TWO MERGING CLOUD BANDS THAT STRETCH FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. ONE BAND IS WITHIN 60 MILES OF A LINE FROM 21N178W TO 17N180...THE OTHER IS A BAND WITHIN 40 MILES OF A LINE FROM 21N172W TO JOHNSTON ISLAND. THE CLOUDS WITHIN THE BANDS ARE MOSTLY LOW TOPPED WITH ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULUS TO 25000 FEET. WITHIN THE LARGE MID AND HIGH LAYERED CLOUD AREA NORTH OF 21N...ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 45000 FEET ARE FOUND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CLOSELY ALIGNED ALONG A NORTH SOUTH LINE ALONG 175W. ELSEWHERE...THE CENTRAL PACIFIC IS COVERED BY AN ASSORTMENT OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW TOPPED STRATOCUMULUS DECKS...NONE OF THESE BROKEN CLOUD DECKS ARE MORE THAN 100 MILES WIDE. OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND BELOW 9000 FEET FROM WAIMEA SOUTH TO KAILUA KONA TO OCEAN VIEW ESTATES AND EAST TO THE SLOPES ABOVE PAHALA AND WITHIN 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE SADDLE ROAD ON THE HILO SIDE. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO COVERING MUCH OF THE PUNA DISTRICT. THE CLOUDS EXTEND LOCALLY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS UP TO 10 MILES. FEW TO SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS EXIST ELSEWHERE OVER THE SMALLER ISLANDS AND COASTAL WATERS. LOW CLOUD TOPS RANGE BETWEEN 6000 AND 8000 FEET...EXCEPT LOCALLY TO 10000 FEET OVER THE BIG ISLAND. INDIVIDUAL CLOUD ELEMENTS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 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.