From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Dec 12 02:31:39 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 oBBIVc87012465 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:31:39 +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 oBANphiW027712; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:30:46 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4726598 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:30:45 -0600 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBBIUicZ028209 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:30:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBBIUcY1006217 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:30:44 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 573303FE0857; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:30:38 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101211183038.573303FE0857@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:30:38 -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 448 ATHW40 PHFO 111830 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT DEC 11 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 11 2010 WATER VAPOR SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSING NORTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING AND HAS AN AXIS WHICH EXTENDS FROM 36N16W0 TO 25N159W. DEEP LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE COVER A LARGE AREA FROM 11N TO 40N AND 144W TO 155W. THE CLOUDS ARE SLOWLY TRAVELING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THE DENSE AREA OF CLOUDS HAVE PASSED THE BIG ISLAND ALREADY...BUT THIN MID AND HIGH LEVELS STILL REMAIN OVER MOST OF THE ISLAND THIS MORNING. ANOTHER NARROW BAND OF LOW AND MIDLEVEL CLOUDS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT DRAPED OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. THIS BAND IS 110 MILES WIDE COVERING MAUI COUNTY AND THE KAIWI CHANNEL. IT EXTENDS ALONG AN AXIS FROM 27N150W TO 20N159W. NORTH OF 27N...THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND IS OBSCURED BY THE DEEP LAYERED CLOUDS FROM THE UPPER TROUGH. RADAR IS INDICATING LIGHT SHOWERS UNDERNEATH THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND FOR THE KAIWI CHANNEL AND AROUND MOLOKAI. KAUAI AND OAHU HAVE A FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE LAND AREAS AND ADJACENT WATERS THIS MORNING. AS MENTIONED...MAUI COUNTY IS UNDER AN OVERCAST LOW CLOUD BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. SOME BREAKING IN THE CLOUDS IS OCCURRING OVER THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL AND FAR NORTHWEST BIG ISLAND. THE REST OF THE BIG ISLAND IS OBSCURED WITH THIN MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. FAR NORTHWEST OF THE STATE...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS CENTERED WEST OF THE DATELINE. DENSE LAYERED CLOUDS COVER AN AREA ON THE SOUTHEASTERN FRINGES OF THE LOW. MOST OF THE CLOUD COVER IS NORTH OF 25N AND WEST OF 170W. ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE LOCATED IN AN AREA BOUNDED BETWEEN 16N TO 20N AND 170W TO 175W WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK LOW LEVEL DISTURBANCE. $$ FOSTER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.