From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Dec 11 08:25:19 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 oBB0PIgB010852 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:25:18 +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 oBANphHL027712; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:25:01 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4718634 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:25:01 -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 oBB0P1Nc022989 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:25:01 -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 oBB0OsFA024099 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:25:00 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8CE383FE089C; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:24:54 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101211002454.8CE383FE089C@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:24:54 -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 612 ATHW40 PHFO 110024 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SAT DEC 11 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 11 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A SHARP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...EXTENDING FROM 30N161W TO 22N163W. THIS TROUGH IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. AN AREA OF HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS AND CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE TROUGH. THESE CLOUDS ARE LOCATED ALONG A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET...AND ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 120 TO 140 MPH. A LARGE AREA OF DEEP LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH IS LOCATED GENERALLY WITHIN 300 TO 400 MILES SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 30N155W TO 16N164W...COVERING MUCH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULUS AND CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS...WITH THE STRONGEST CONVECTION LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30N150W TO 18N156W TO 12N168W. CLOUD TOPS WITH THIS CONVECTION EXTEND UP TO 48000 FT. NORTH OF 22N...THESE CELLS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. SOUTH OF 22N...THESE CELLS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...OVERCAST THICK LAYERED CLOUDS EXTEND FROM OAHU TO THE BIG ISLAND...AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. BROKEN CUMULUS AND TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE LOCATED NEAR KAUAI...AND EXTEND 50 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE WEST. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. BASED ON CLOUD MOTIONS AND THE RECENT CONVECTIVE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT AROUND KAUAI... IT APPEARS THAT THE COLD FRONT IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE KAUAI COASTAL WATERS. HIGH CLOUDS EXTEND FARTHER EAST FROM THE AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS... WITH PATCHES OF CIRRUS AND CIRROCUMULUS NORTH OF 17N EXTENDING AS FAR EAST AS 140W. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. BELOW THESE HIGH CLOUDS...AREAS OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS ARE LOCATED EAST OF 150W. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. NORTH OF 18N...THESE CLOUDS ARE PRIMARILY STABLE STRATOCUMULUS AND CLOSED CELL CUMULUS ELEMENTS. SOUTH OF 18N...THESE CLOUDS ARE COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF SHOWERY OPEN CELL CUMULUS ELEMENTS. TO THE WEST OF THE AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS...PATCHES OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. NORTH OF 28N...THESE CLOUDS ARE COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF STABLE STRATOCUMULUS ELEMENTS. SOUTH OF 28N...THESE CLOUDS ARE A MIX OF STABLE CLOSED CELL CUMULUS AND SHOWERY OPEN CELL CUMULUS ELEMENTS. A SECOND AREA OF HIGH CLOUDS IS LOCATED FARTHER WEST AS WELL...GENERALLY WEST OF 173W AND NORTH OF 24N. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF CIRRUS AND CIRROSTRATUS ELEMENTS...AND ARE MOVING TO THE 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.