From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Dec 6 13:25:42 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 oB65Peak031849 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:25:41 +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 oB5EhORi024836; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:25:25 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4643689 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:25:25 -0600 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB65PPP4008755 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:25:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB65PIg7011676 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:25:25 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id BDC733FE0880; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:25:18 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101206052518.BDC733FE0880@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:25:18 -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 454 ATHW40 PHFO 060525 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC MON DEC 06 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC DECEMBER 06 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW ABOUT 1825 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU AT 7 PM. THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NEAR 46.8N 148.9W. THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS EXTENDS FROM THE LOW TO A POINT NEAR 27N 142W...MORE THAN 1000 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU. THE SURFACE REFLECTION OFT HE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NEAR 47.5N 147.3W...NEARLY 1900 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HONOLULU. THE LEADING EDGE OF A LOW CLOUD BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT IS ABOUT 490 MILES NORTH OF OAHU AT 7 PM. A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 33.4N 175.1E...ABOUT 1840 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HONOLULU. A STATIONARY FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM LIES NEAR THE DATELINE...AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE FOUND OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND ALONG A LINE FROM 13N 180 TO 30N 172W. THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGES OF THE DAY SHOW FEW CLOUDS OVER THE SMALLER ISLANDS...AND A FEW THIN HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE GENERAL AREA OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. LOW CLOUDS TO THE EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND ARE MOVING FROM THE EAST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. NORTH OF KAUAI...THE LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING FROM AN EAST SOUTHEAST DIRECTION BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. ON KAUAI...SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE ISLAND...WITH ADDITIONAL CLOUDS FOUND OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE GARDEN ISLE. ON OAHU...THE LOW CLOUDS ARE OVER THE WAIANAE RANGE. MOLOKAI HAS CLOUDS OVER HALAWA VALLEY...AND LANAI HAS CLOUDS OVER THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE OVER THE SLOPES OF MAUI. THE BIG ISLAND HAS THE MOST CLOUDS OVERHEAD OF ALL THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE LOW CLOUDS ARE THICKEST OVER THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND...WITH CLOUDS BLANKETING THE SOUTH KONA...NORTH KONA...AND SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICTS. THESE CLOUDS EXTEND UP THE SLOPES TO AROUND 10 THOUSAND FEET. THE KAU DISTRICT ALSO HAS PLENTY OF CLOUDS OVERHEAD AT 7 PM. THE REMAINING DISTRICTS OF THE BIG ISLAND HAVE SCATTERED CLOUDS OVERHEAD. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.