From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Dec 12 20:31:28 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 oBCCVROS008678 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:31:27 +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 oBC6tjZk027712; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:30:49 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4736324 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:30:49 -0600 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBCCUn6T004538 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:30:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBCCUgTx008347 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:30:49 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8F67A3FE0855; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:30:42 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101212123042.8F67A3FE0855@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:30:42 -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 538 ATHW40 PHFO 121230 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC SUN DEC 12 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 12 2010 A LARGE CLOUD BAND LINGERED ABOUT 260 MILES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND EARLY THIS SUNDAY MORNING. THIS BROKEN TO OVERCAST...MULTILAYERED BAND WAS 300 TO 425 MILES WIDE AND CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 14N 150W THROUGH 30N 141W AND CONTINUED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TO THE VANCOUVER CANADA/WASHINGTON STATE AREA. THE BAND...WHICH WAS WIDER AT ITS SOUTH END AND NARROWER ALONG 30N LATITUDE...WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. A FRONT EXTENDING FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR 49N 152W PROTRUDED FROM BENEATH THE CLOUD BAND NEAR 30N 142W TO 25N 150W. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED THE UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING THROUGH 30N 147W TO 20N 152W TO 08N 162W. THE UPPER TROUGH WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR ALONG 30N BUT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY AT ITS SOUTH END. ANOTHER WELL FORMED FRONT WAS FAR WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE STATE. THIS FRONT EXTENDED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST THROUGH 30N 178W AND 28N 180E. A BAND OF OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS LAY ALONG THE FRONT. AND SOME BROKEN TO OVERCAST CIRRUS CLOUDS WERE SPEWING EASTWARD FROM THE MAIN CLOUD BAND. THE CIRRUS WAS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 30N 163W TO 23N 180E. BUT A FEW SMALL PATCHY FRAGMENTS WERE ALREADY REACHING KAUAI THIS MORNING. NEAR ISLANDS...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WERE NOTED MAINLY AROUND AND JUST NORTH OF MOLOKAI. A FEW EXTENDED EAST-NORTHEAST FROM THE KAUAI CHANNEL. AND A GREATER AMOUNT OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WAS SEE NEAR KAUAI AND EXTENDING NORTHWEST OF THAT ISLAND. THE LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE STATE WERE MOVING WEST NEAR 10 MILES AN HOUR. FAR SOUTH OF THE STATE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ITCZ WERE INTENSIFYING BETWEEN 08N 151W AND 07N 143W. OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING BETWEEN 16N 179W AND 19N 171W. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.