From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Dec 7 13:30:28 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 oB75UQ5S004442 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 13:30:27 +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 oB6IOJjs014075; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:30:08 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4663396 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:30:08 -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 oB75U7Ft001692 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:30:07 -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 oB75U1uQ004620 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:30:07 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 496E13FE08AE; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:30:01 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101207053001.496E13FE08AE@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:30:01 -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 253 ATHW40 PHFO 070529 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC TUE DEC 07 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC DECEMBER 07 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 43.8N 147.8W... ABOUT 1630 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF OAHU AT 7 PM. THE LOW HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH OVER THE LAST SIX HOURS. WATER VAPOR ALSO SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...WHICH HAS BEEN WEAKENING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NEAR 37.1N 171.4E...MORE THAN 2100 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAHU AT 7 PM. THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS EXTEND FROM THE UPPER LOW TO 30N 175W. THE SYSTEM TO THE WEST OF THE ISLANDS HAS HAD THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT IN TWO MAIN AREAS. THE EASTERN MOST AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN ALONG A LINE FROM 22.7N 167.7W TO 31.5N 163.8W. THE SECOND AREA HAS BEEN ALONG A LINE FROM 22.8N 174.4W TO 31.1N 169.5W. THE LEADING EDGE OF A LOW CLOUD BAND NORTH OF THE ISLANDS WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS MENTIONED ABOVE IS ABOUT 315 MILES NORTH OF OAHU AT 7 PM. DUE TO THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE ISLANDS...RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS EXIST OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE NOTED UPSTREAM OF THE ISLANDS. THE CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF THE BIG ISLAND ARE MOVING IN FROM THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH...WHILE CLOUDS NEAR KAUAI ARE MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE OVER NIIHAU AND KAUAI AT 7 PM. ON OAHU...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE CONCENTRATED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF OAHU. MAUI COUNTY HAS THE FEWEST CLOUDS OVERHEAD THIS EVENING...WITH JUST FEW CLOUDS OVER HALAWA VALLEY ON MOLOKAI...OVER THE INTERIOR OF LANAI...AND OVER THE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. CLOUDS ARE PLENTIFUL OVER THE BIG ISLAND...WITH CLOUDS COVERING MOST OF THE SLOPES UP TO AROUND 10000 FEET. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.