From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Dec 6 20:39:02 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 oB6Cd1aN029945 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 20:39:02 +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 oB660piU011706; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 06:38:42 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4648903 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 06:38:42 -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 oB6CcggV008243 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 06:38:42 -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 oB6CcYDi014207 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 06:38:42 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id CE70F3FE0854; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 06:38:34 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101206123834.CE70F3FE0854@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 06:38:34 -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 203 ATHW40 PHFO 061238 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC MON DEC 06 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 06 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW ABOUT 1780 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF OAHU AT 2 AM...NEAR 46.5N 149.6W. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 33.9N 169.3E...MORE THAN 2100 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAHU. THE LEADING EDGE OF A LOW CLOUD BAND ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE FRONT WITH THE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS IS ABOUT 400 MILES NORTH OF OAHU AT 2 AM. THIS LOW CLOUD BAND CONTINUES TO THE WEST...MERGING WITH THE CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM NEAR THE DATELINE. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN NOTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SYSTEM NEAR THE DATELINE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOTED ALONG A LINE FROM 14.8N 177.5W TO 30.0N 169.8W. THUNDERSTORMS ARE A BIT MORE CONCENTRATED NORTH OF 30N...EXTENDING TO THE WEST CLOSER TO THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER. A FEW THIN HIGH CLOUDS ARE SEEN ON INFRARED SATELLITE TRAVELING TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. FEW LOW CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. LOW CLOUDS SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND ARE MOVING FROM THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH...WHILE CLOUDS NORTH OF KAUAI ARE MOVING FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE OBSERVED IN THE ITCZ SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS. ONE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FROM 8.1N 146.5W TO 8.4N 159.1W. ANOTHER AREA IS CENTERED NEAR 9.1N 140.0W. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MORE CONCENTRATED NEAR 10.1N 131.5W...ALONG AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN THAT AREA. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.