From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 16 08:50:59 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 oBG0owtN012070 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:50:59 +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 oBFHoBvi027712; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:50:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4784885 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:50:43 -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 oBG0ohwZ007223 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:50:43 -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 oBG0obXh012691 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:50:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0E5913FE0084; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:50:37 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101216005037.0E5913FE0084@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:50:37 -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 239 ATHW40 PHFO 160050 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC THU DEC 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 16 2010 AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE ISLANDS IS EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...WITH A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS. THE TROUGH AXIS IS ABOUT 440 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE BIG ISLAND AT 2 PM. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NEAR 33.7N 175.7W...ABOUT 1260 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND UPPER LOW THAT HAD BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DATELINE HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO THIS UPPER LOW. A COLD FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED LAYERED CLOUDS LIES BETWEEN THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AT 2 PM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LOW CLOUDS IS ABOUT 425 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF KAUAI...WITH SOME THIN HIGH CLOUDS PASSING OVER KAUAI AND OAHU EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOTED IN THIS LAYERED CLOUDS BANDS...WITH THUNDERSTORM TOPS REACHING NEAR 50 THOUSAND FEET. SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER KAUAI THIS AFTERNOON...AND JUST A FEW OVER NIIHAU. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE WATERS SURROUNDING THESE ISLANDS. ON OAHU...CLOUDS ARE CONFINED TO THE RIDGES OF THE KOOLAU AND WAIANAE RANGES...WHILE ON MOLOKAI...THE CLOUDS ARE OVER THE HALAWA VALLEY. A FEW CLOUDS HAVE FORMED OVER THE INTERIOR OF LANAI SINCE DAYBREAK...WHILE CLOUDS HAVE DISSIPATED OVER KAHOOLAWE. CLOUDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS AND HALEAKALA IN THE LAST SIX HOURS. SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE NORTH HILO...SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. CLOUDS COVER MOST OF THE REMAINING DISTRICTS. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.