From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Dec 11 02:33:51 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 oBAIXo27019370 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:33:51 +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 oBA3HNse027712; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:33:34 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4714740 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:33:33 -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 oBAIXXou024370 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:33:33 -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 oBAIXRj1014552 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:33:33 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 2410C3FE0855; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:33:27 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101210183327.2410C3FE0855@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:33:27 -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 869 ATHW40 PHFO 101833 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC FRI DEC 10 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 10 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A SHARP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NEAR 32N166W... MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A LARGE AREA OF DEEP LAYERED CLOUDS IS LOCATED GENERALLY WITHIN 600 MILES EAST OF A LINE FROM 30N159W TO 14N168W...COVERING MUCH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS...WITH THE STRONGEST CONVECTION LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30N151W TO 21N156W TO 15N167W. CLOUD TOPS WITH THIS CONVECTION EXTEND UP TO 50000 FT. NORTH OF 22N...THESE CELLS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOUTH OF 22N...THESE CELLS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...OVERCAST THICK LAYERED CLOUDS EXTEND FROM KAUAI TO MAUI...AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. OVERCAST MIDDLE AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ARE LOCATED EAST OF THIS AREA...AND COVER THE BIG ISLAND. HIGH CLOUDS EXTEND FARTHER EAST FROM THE AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS... WITH PATCHES OF CIRRUS AND CIRROCUMULUS NORTH OF 15N EXTENDING AS FAR EAST AS 140W. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 TO 70 MPH. BELOW THESE HIGH CLOUDS...AREAS OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATOCUMULUS AND CLOSED CELL CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE LOCATED EAST OF 145W. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. TO THE WEST OF THE AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS...AREAS OF BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF HIGH CLOUDS IS LOCATED FARTHER WEST... GENERALLY WEST OF 172W AND NORTH OF 20N. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF CIRRUS AND CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS...AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 80 MPH $$ BRAVENDER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.