From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 8 13:30:19 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 oB85UIRn020945 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 13:30:19 +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 oB7EMx0q014075; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:30:00 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4676954 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:30:00 -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 oB85TxQj010787 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:29:59 -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 oB85Tr69029700 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:29:59 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 140BB3FE0871; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:29:52 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101208052953.140BB3FE0871@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:29:52 -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 750 ATHW40 PHFO 080529 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC WED DEC 08 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC DECEMBER 08 2010 TO THE NORTH...A BAND OF CLOUD LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES MOSTLY TO COMPLETELY NORTH OF THE CURVE FROM 30N 168W TO 26N 159W TO 28N 140W...THOUGH THIN LAYERED HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE ALSO PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES IN PLACES AS FAR SOUTH AS 22N. WHILE THE LAYERS COMPOSING THIS BAND STARTED TO SHEAR APART...MOVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS DEPENDING ON HEIGHT...THEY REMAINED FAIRLY DEEP AND DENSE. THIS FEATURE AS A WHOLE SHIFTED NORTH SLOWLY. TO THE NORTHWEST...SCATTERED TOWERING CUMULI...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...AND THEIR LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS WITHIN 125 MILES OF THE LINE FROM 17N 180 TO 28N 157W MARKED ANOTHER FRONT. THIS FEATURE REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY. FURTHER NORTHWEST...DENSE LAYERED HIGH TO MIDDLE CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH A JET STREAM OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES WITHIN 320 MILES OF THE POINT 27N 175W. TO THE SOUTH...VERY LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN 10N AND 07N...MOSTLY EAST OF 162W. LAYERED MIDDLE TO HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION MOSTLY TO PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES FROM 13N TO 05N. OTHERWISE...CLOUD COVER ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS CONSISTED MAINLY OF MARINE STRATOCUMULI AND CUMULI. THESE CLOUDS MERGED INTO LOOSE CLUMPS AND BANDS UP TO ABOUT 900 MILES LONG AND 360 MILES WIDE... THOUGH MOST CLUMPS WERE MUCH SMALLER. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY MOVED TOWARD THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR...THOUGH NEAR THE FRONTS THEY TURNED TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THEN THE NORTH. THEY TYPICALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 9000 FEET...THOUGH TALLER CUMULI APPROACHED 12000 FEET. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...THIN LAYERED HIGH CLOUDS PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES FROM MAUI COUNTY NORTH. LOWER CLOUD COVER CONSISTED MOSTLY OF LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM DAYTIME CUMULUS BUILDUPS INLAND...THOUGH A FEW MARINE CUMULI ALSO MOVED ASHORE ALONG SLOPES FACING EAST. AREAS WITH THE GREATEST CLOUD COVER INCLUDED CENTRAL KAUAI...NORTH-CENTRAL OAHU...ALL MIDDLE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...MOST LOWER TO MIDDLE SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND CLOCKWISE FROM SOUTH HILO TO KAU DISTRICTS...AND MOST LOWER SLOPES OF NORTH AND SOUTH KONA DISTRICTS ON THE BIG ISLAND. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 7000 TO 8000 FEET. RADAR DATA FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS AT MOST. $$ RYSHKO +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.