From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Dec 13 20:31:05 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 oBDCV3Nc010630 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:31:04 +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 oBCKYMWs011741; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:30:48 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4748898 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:30:48 -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 oBDCUmbq008364 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:30:48 -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 oBDCUfUF002657 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:30:48 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9250C3FE0858; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:30:41 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101213123041.9250C3FE0858@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:30:41 -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 073 ATHW40 PHFO 131230 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC MON DEC 13 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 13 2010 A WIDE CORRIDOR OF MOSTLY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE STATE. THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF THIS CORRIDOR OR BAND STRETCHED FROM 16N 155W TO 23N 150W THROUGH 30N 140W. THE NORTHWEST EDGE EXTENDED FROM 24N 160W THROUGH 30N 145W. THIS NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ALIGNED AREA OF LOW CLOUDS REPRESENTED THE REMNANT OF AN OLD FRONTAL CLOUD BAND. THE OLD CLOUD BAND HAD DECAYED AND THE CLOUDS HAD SPREAD OUT TO FORM THIS WIDE...FRAGMENTED CORRIDOR OF LOW CLOUDS. THIS ENTIRE CORRIDOR AS A WHOLE WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH. NUMEROUS BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ALONG THE SOUTH END OF THIS WIDE BAND WERE CURRENTLY MOVING ONTO THE BIG ISLAND. THE CLOUDS WERE MAINLY AFFECTING THE COAST AND LOWER SLOPES AND ADJACENT WATERS ALONG THE NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH SIDES OF THE ISLAND. SOME CLOUDS WERE MOVING OVER MAUI AS WELL. BUT THE OTHER ISLANDS WERE MOSTLY CLEAR AT 2 AM. THE CLOUDS NEAR THE ISLANDS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST WITH TOPS MOSTLY IN THE 10000 TO 15000 FEET RANGE. A COUPLE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LINGERING ABOUT 175 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HILO EARLY THIS MORNING. TOPS WERE NEAR 35000 FEET. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF A FRONT FROM 30N 165W TO 20N 175W TO 17N 180E. TOPS THERE WERE NEAR 47000 FEET. ITCZ THUNDERSTORMS WERE RELATIVELY SPARSE AND WEAKENING BETWEEN 08N 160W AND 08N 141W. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.