From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Dec 10 13:11:22 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 oBA5BKtL020450 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:11:21 +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 oBA3HNIe027712; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:11:06 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4707642 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:11:06 -0600 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBA5B5wS025518 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:11:05 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBA5Axkf027342 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:11:05 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 96E773FE0873; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:10:58 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101210051058.96E773FE0873@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:10:58 -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 481 ATHW40 PHFO 100510 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC FRI DEC 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC DECEMBER 10 2010 TO THE NORTHWEST...A COMPLEX INTERSECTION OF SEVERAL FRONTS PRODUCED A VARIETY OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS A WIDE AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED WITHIN 120 MILES OF THE LINE FROM 19N 169W TO 23N 157W. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND TOWERING CUMULI ALSO APPEARED IN THE RELATIVELY CLEAR AIR WITHIN 150 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 27N 68W TO 19N 172W TO 16N 166W. ASSOCIATED DEEP CLOUD LAYERS OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES NORTH OF THE CURVE FROM 30N 164W TO 24N 169W TO 17N 164W TO 22N 152W TO 30N 150W. THIN HIGH CLOUD LAYERS ALSO WERE PRESENT IN PLACES UP TO ABOUT 250 MILES FURTHER EAST. ALTHOUGH THE CLOUDS COMPOSING THIS FEATURE MOVED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON HEIGHT AND LOCATION...THE FEATURE AS A WHOLE DRIFTED SOUTHEAST SLOWLY. TO THE WEST...MARINE STRATOCUMULI AND LOW TO MIDDLE STRATUS LAYERS ORGANIZED INTO WEAKENING AND ROPY CLOUD BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTS. ONE WAS LOCATED WITHIN 60 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 21N 180 TO 23N 176W TO 23N 167W AND FURTHER WEST. ANOTHER WAS LOCATED WITHIN 45 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 17N 180 TO 19N 177W TO 18N 174W TO 21N 168W AND FURTHER WEST. THESE FEATURES DRIFTED SOUTH SLOWLY. TO THE NORTHEAST...MARINE STRATOCUMULI AND LOW TO MIDDLE STRATUS LAYERS ALSO ORGANIZED INTO NOTICEABLE BANDS AS WIND CONVERGED ALONG AN AXIS EAST OF THE FRONTS. THIS AREA OF CLOUDS WAS LOCATED WITHIN 75 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 24N 148W TO 29N 145W TO 29N 141W. TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN 14N AND 07N. LAYERED MIDDLE TO HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION MOSTLY TO PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES FROM 15N TO 06N...AND MERGED INTO THE LARGE MASS OF CLOUD LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERSECTION OF FRONTS FURTHER NORTH. OTHERWISE...CLOUD COVER ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS CONSISTED MAINLY OF FRAGMENTED MARINE STRATOCUMULI AND CUMULI...THOUGH ONE LARGE CLUMP OF STRATUS WAS PRESENT IN THE AREA EAST OF 143W AND SOUTH OF 19N. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY MOVED TOWARD THE WEST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR...THOUGH AS THEY APPROACHED THE FRONTS THEY TURNED TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THEN THE NORTH. THEY ROSE TYPICALLY TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 9000 FEET...THOUGH TALLER CUMULI AND HIGHER CLOUD LAYERS APPROACHED 15000 FEET. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CLOUD LAYERS GENERALLY IN EXCESS OF 30000 FEET DEEP OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES ALMOST COMPLETELY. FROM THE KAUAI CHANNEL NORTHWEST...A LARGE AREA OF MERGED THUNDERSTORM ANVILS APPROACHED 50000 FEET...WITH A FEW CLOUD TOPS EXCEEDING EVEN THAT HEIGHT. RADAR DATA FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED HEAVY RAIN FROM THE KAUAI CHANNEL NORTHWEST...SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS WELL OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST OF OAHU...AND ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS OVER NORTH CENTRAL OAHU...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AT MOST ELSEWHERE. $$ 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.