From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 16 02:37:44 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 oBFIbhme020838 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:37:44 +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 oBFHoBJV027712; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:37:29 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4779738 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:37:29 -0600 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBFIbTgI000715 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:37:29 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBFIbNfe006013 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:37:29 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 15B173FE085F; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:37:23 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101215183723.15B173FE085F@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:37:23 -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 332 ATHW40 PHFO 151837 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC WED DEC 15 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 15 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING...AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS IS ALONG A LINE FROM 17.3N 148.8W TO 8.1N 158.1W. A MORE INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NEAR 33N 175E. THE SURFACE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM WEST OF THE DATELINE HAS A FRONTAL SYSTEM NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT ARE ABOUT 445 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AT 8 AM. THE FIRST VISIBLE IMAGES OF THE DAY SHOWS LIMITED CLOUDS OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ON KAUAI...THE LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE ISLAND...WHILE ON NIIHAU...CLOUDS ARE PASSING OVER THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE ISLAND. ON OAHU...LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ISLAND. A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE HALAWA VALLEY ON MOLOKAI...AND OVER THE EAST END OF KAHOOLAWE...WHILE LANAI IS VIRTUALLY FREE. ON MAUI...CLOUDS ARE BUILDING OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...WITH A FEW CLOUDS OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. ON THE BIG ISLAND...A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. ADDITIONAL CLOUDS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO BUILD OVER THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND FROM HAWAIIAN OCEAN VIEW ESTATES TO THE NORTH KONA AND SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICT BORDER. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.