From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Dec 11 13:48:46 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 oBB5mjdN028197 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:48:46 +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 oBANphMw027712; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:48:33 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4720076 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:48:33 -0600 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBB5mXoI009369 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:48:33 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBB5mQoC005062 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:48:33 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id A34073FE08AF; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:48:26 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101211054826.A34073FE08AF@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:48:26 -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 705 ATHW40 PHFO 110548 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC SAT DEC 11 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC DECEMBER 11 2010 A SHARP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS EVENING. THE UPPER LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH IS MORE THAN 2270 MILES NORTH OF HONOLULU AT 7 PM...NEAR 53.7N 150.6W. THE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE LOW TO 23.4N 161.3W...ABOUT 135 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. DEEP LAYERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OUT AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE THICKEST CLOUDS ARE FROM MAUI TO THE BIG ISLAND...WITH A SLIGHT BREAK OVER MOLOKAI AND THE EASTERN HALF OF OAHU. ADDITIONAL LAYERED CLOUDS ARE NOTED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF OAHU BACK TO KAUAI. MOST OF THE CLOUDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND ARE REACHING NEAR 40 THOUSAND FEET. SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND...THE LAYERED CLOUDS REACH NEAR 50 THOUSAND FEET. OVER THE REMAINING ISLANDS...LAYERED CLOUDS REACH BETWEEN 30 AND 40 THOUSAND FEET. THE LAYERED CLOUDS OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS EXTEND TO THE SOUTH TO 10N...AND EXTEND NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS BEYOND 40N. THE BACK EDGE OF THE LAYERED CLOUDS NEAR THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IS ALONG A LINE FROM 27.7N 158.3W TO 16.5N 161.9W...WHICH IS OVER THE ISLAND OF KAUAI AT 7 PM. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...THE BACK EDGE OF LAYERED CLOUDS HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH. OVER THE LAST SIX HOURS...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS MOVED TO THE AREA SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND...WHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.