From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Dec 14 02:00:36 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 oBDI0Zlq027837 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:00:36 +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 oBCKYMlo011741; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:00:16 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4753710 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:00:16 -0600 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBDI0GEW010972 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:00:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBDI09i2012055 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:00:16 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id B67C93FE084A; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:00:09 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101213180009.B67C93FE084A@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:00:09 -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 500 ATHW40 PHFO 131800 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1800 UTC MON DEC 13 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1730 UTC DECEMBER 13 2010 LOW CEILINGS...SOME WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS...ARE PREVALENT IN COASTAL AND UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE KAU...PUNA...AND HILO DISTRICTS ON THE BIG ISLAND THIS MORNING...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT HAMAKUA. BROKEN LOW CLOUDINESS HAS ALSO BEEN AFFECTING...AT LEAST FROM TIME TO TIME...UPSLOPE SECTIONS OF EAST MAUI...AND MAUKA PORTIONS OF WEST MAUI...MOLOKAI AND LANAI. SKIES ARE OTHERWISE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS NEAR 15 MPH ACROSS THE ALOHA STATE... FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR THE BIG ISLAND AND VEERING TO SOUTH- SOUTHEAST MOVING UP THE CHAIN TO KAUAI. A BAND OF BROKEN SHOWERY LOW CLOUDINESS...WITH EMBEDDED TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS...STRETCHES NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE BIG ISLAND AND IS HEADING NORTHWEST WITH THE PREVAILING LOW-LEVEL FLOW. THE BAND THEN EXTENDS JUST EAST OF THE ISLE AND CONTINUES OFF TO THE SOUTH. SMALLER AREAS OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EXIST WEST OF KAU AND SOUTH KONA ON THE BIG ISLAND...NORTH OF MAUI COUNTY...SOUTH CLOCKWISE THROUGH WEST OF OAHU...AND NORTH OF KAUAI. CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR TO SCATTERED ELSEWHERE IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A FRONT IS WEST OF THE ISLANDS AND HAS BEEN PUSHING EAST NEAR 15 MPH OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CONVECTION IS APPROXIMATELY 450 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AS OF BULLETIN TIME...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY CURRENTLY WITHIN 90 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30N163W TO 21N170W TO 17N180. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII...THOUGH MOST OF THE CELLS ARE WEAK AND WIDELY SEPARATED. THE CONVECTION IS MAINLY FOUND FROM 06.5N TO 10N BETWEEN 136W AND 165W...AND FROM 06.5N TO 09.5N WEST OF 174W. $$ KINEL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.