From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Dec 14 20:25:51 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 oBECPnaj029527 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:25:50 +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 oBDJJ9so027712; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:25:32 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4764012 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:25:32 -0600 Received: from relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (relay10.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.10]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBECPVoZ000603 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:25:31 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay10.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBECPPQ4028802 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:25:31 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 2FBCD3FE0872; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:25:15 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101214122515.2FBCD3FE0872@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:25:15 -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 135 ATHW40 PHFO 141225 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC TUE DEC 14 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 14 2010 THE MOST NOTICEABLE CLOUD FEATURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC CONTINUES TO BE A RAGGED 300 TO 500 MILE WIDE BAND OF OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 34N140W TO 28N160W TO 19N170W TO 14N180W. THIS BAND EXTENDS FARTHER TO THE NORTHEAST...REACHING CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE MAINLAND. ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS...CB...ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE MAIN LAYERED CLOUD BAND...WITH THE CLOSEST CB ABOUT 180 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. BREAKAWAY SEGMENTS OF HIGH CLOUDS PUSHED SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN CLOUD BAND...REACHING KAUAI AND SURROUNDING WATERS EARLY LAST EVENING. HOWEVER...HIGH CLOUDS OVER AND AROUND KAUAI HAVE DISSIPATED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. THE MAIN CLOUD BAND APPEARS TO BE NEARLY STATIONARY. SOUTHEAST OF THE CLOUD BAND...LOW LEVEL FLOW APPEARS TO BE GOVERNED BY A SURFACE RIDGE WITH AN AXIS EXTENDING ROUGHLY THROUGH 32N140W AND 23N160W. THIS PLACES THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AT THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE AND LIGHT EAST SOUTHEAST TO WEST NORTHWEST LOW CLOUD MOTION IS NOTED THERE. LOW CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE ISLANDS REMAINS SPARSE THIS MORNING. SCATTERED CLOUDS OR CLEAR SKIES ARE NOTED EVERYWHERE OVER LAND. THE BIGGEST CHANGE OCCURRED OVER MAUI AND MOLOKAI...WHICH HAD BROKEN LOW CLOUDS LAST EVENING. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS PATCHY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE ACROSS LOCAL WATERS EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. CLOUD COVER ELSEWHERE ACROSS LOCAL WATERS IS GENERALLY SCATTERED TO CLEAR. ISOLATED CB ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS EAST OF 154W BETWEEN 06N AND 12N. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED CB ARE NOTED WEST OF 168W BETWEEN 08N AND 13N. $$ POWELL +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.