From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Dec 10 20:17:50 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 oBACHnHs024166 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:17:49 +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 oBA3HNSA027712; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:17:28 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4710438 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:17:28 -0600 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBACHSc2021090 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:17:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBACHLFs000195 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:17:27 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 976D03FE086E; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:17:21 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101210121721.976D03FE086E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:17:21 -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 406 ATHW40 PHFO 101217 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC FRI DEC 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 10 2010 A COMPLEX INTERSECTION OF SEVERAL FRONTS PRODUCED A VARIETY OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS. SCATTERED TOWERING CUMULI AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED WITHIN 90 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 18N 170W TO 20N 158W TO 26N 154W. ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULI ALSO APPEARED AMONG THE COLD-AIR CUMULI WITHIN 60 MILES OF THE POINT 27N 168W. ASSOCIATED DEEP CLOUD LAYERS OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES NORTH OF THE CURVE FROM 30N 160W TO 23N 167W TO 12N 167W TO 15N 150W TO 27N 148W 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 EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. TO THE WEST...MARINE STRATOCUMULI AND LOW TO MIDDLE STRATUS LAYERS WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULI COMPOSED WEAKENING CLOUD BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTS. ONE BAND EXTENDED ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS WITHIN 75 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 17N 180 TO 18N 173W TO 18N 169W AND FURTHER WEST. ANOTHER WAS LOCATED WITHIN 90 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 08N 180 TO 12N 174W TO 12N 168W TO 13N 167W AND FURTHER WEST. THE FIRST OF THESE FEATURES DRIFTED SOUTH SLOWLY...WHILE THE SECOND MOVED NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. TO THE NORTHWEST...THIN HIGH CLOUD LAYERS FROM ACROSS THE DATELINE PARTLY TO MOSTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES NORTHWEST OF THE CURVE FROM 23N 180 TO 21N 174W TO 25N 172W TO 30N 174W. MODERATELY TO DENSELY PACKED COLD-AIR CUMULI PREVAILED AT LOWER ALTITUDES NORTH OF ABOUT 25N. TO THE EAST...LOW TO MIDDLE STRATUS LAYERS AND MARINE STRATOCUMULI PREVAILED FROM ABOUT 27N TO 14N. TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN 15N AND 07N. LAYERED MIDDLE TO HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION MOSTLY TO PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES FROM 15N TO 05N...AND MERGED INTO THE LARGE MASS OF CLOUD LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERSECTION OF FRONTS FURTHER NORTH. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CLOUD LAYERS GENERALLY IN EXCESS OF 35000 FEET DEEP OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES COMPLETELY. FROM MOLOKAI 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 MOLOKAI TO THE KAUAI CHANNEL...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER KAUAI COUNTY AND SURROUNDING WATERS...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.