From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 15 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 oBEI0Z7E014008 for ; Wed, 15 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 oBEHsbG9027712; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:16 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4767468 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:16 -0600 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBEI0G1N025108 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBEI0ABN019048 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:16 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0FD42144B0002; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:10 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101214180010.0FD42144B0002@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:10 -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 800 ATHW40 PHFO 141800 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1800 UTC TUE DEC 14 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1730 UTC DECEMBER 14 2010 SKIES ARE NEARLY CLEAR ACROSS MOST OF THE ALOHA STATE THIS MORNING. THE FEW AREAS WHERE LOW CLOUD CEILINGS PREVAIL INCLUDE WINDWARD SECTIONS OF OAHU...AND THE PUNA AND HILO DISTRICTS...AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTH KONA...ON THE BIG ISLAND. LOW CLOUD MOTION IS FROM THE EAST STATEWIDE...NEAR 15 MPH JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND SLOWING TO UNDER 10 MPH MOVING UP THE CHAIN TO KAUAI. A CLUSTER OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EXISTS JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND IS HEADING WEST WITH THE PREVAILING TRADE FLOW... WHILE A SMALL AREA OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS IS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF NORTH KONA AND LEEWARD KOHALA. A THIN BAND OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH IS JUST NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF OAHU. CONDITIONS ARE OTHERWISE CLEAR TO SCATTERED IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. WEST OF THE ISLANDS IS A LARGE SWATH OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST MULTILAYERED CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE CLOUDINESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARIES FAR NORTH AND WEST OF STATE. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN 200 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30N160W TO 25N174W TO 09N179E. CONVECTION IS FIRING ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII. MOST OF THIS UNORGANIZED ACTIVITY IS LOCATED FROM 06N TO 10N EAST OF 163W. $$ 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.