From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Dec 7 02:28:58 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 oB6ISvmj023097 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 02:28:58 +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 oB6IOJ3R014075; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:28:38 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4655446 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:28:38 -0600 Received: from relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (relay04.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.5]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB6ISca1014350 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:28:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB6ISV2S000930 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:28:37 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 3CEAB144B0001; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:28:31 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101206182831.3CEAB144B0001@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:28:31 -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 171 ATHW40 PHFO 061828 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC MON DEC 06 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 06 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE POSITIONED ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND STRETCHING OFF TO THE EAST TO 20N140W. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS TILTING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE AREA FROM 24N173W TO 29N180. THIS TROUGH IS ROTATING NORTHEAST AROUND THE LARGE SCALE TROUGH POSITIONED FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST. THE UPPER LEVEL SUBTROPICAL JET REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA SOUTH OF 13N. COPIOUS MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS APPARENTLY BEING PULLED NORTHWARD BETWEEN THE UPPER TROUGH AND THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS ARE DRY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CLOUD FEATURES ARE OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE AREA. A LARGE AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 45000 FEET IS LOCATED NORTH OF 20N BETWEEN 168W AND 174W. THESE DEEP LAYERED CLOUDS ARE COVERING THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BETWEEN GARDINER PINNACLES AND 40 MILES EAST OF PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL. ANOTHER WEAKER CLOUD BAND WITH ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULUS UP TO 25000 FEET...IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 15N177W AND CONTINUES SOUTH TO THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE NEAR 10N. A FRONTAL CLOUD BAND CONSISTING OF MAINLY LOW TOPPED CLOUDS IS DRAPED NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30N142W TO 27N150W TO 30N168W...WHICH THEN INTERSECTS WITH THE LARGE AREA OF CLOUDS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CLEAR SKIES ARE FOUND OVER THE LAND MASSES AND A FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS AREA FOUND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THE BIGGEST LOW CLOUD PATCH IS IN THE AREA 40 TO 80 MILES WEST OF KEAHOLE POINT. THE LOW CLOUD FEATURES ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 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.