From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 16 13:00:40 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 oBG50dbC029982 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:00:39 +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 oBFHoBC8027712; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:00:22 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4787252 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:00:22 -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 oBG50LLY023888 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:00:21 -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 oBG50F8E015698 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:00:21 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4558F3FE087D; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:00:15 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101216050015.4558F3FE087D@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:00:15 -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 998 ATHW40 PHFO 160500 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC THU DEC 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0430 UTC DECEMBER 16 2010 LOW CLOUD CEILINGS THIS EARLY EVENING ARE MAINLY CONFINED TO UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE BIG ISLAND AND THE WEST-FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA IN EAST MAUI. ALSO...SCATTERED TO BROKEN THIN HIGH CLOUDS MOVING FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST ARE OVERSPREADING THE ALOHA STATE. SKIES ARE OTHERWISE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY BELOW THE HIGHER CLOUDINESS. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS FROM THE EAST NEAR 15 MPH JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND VEERS SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH MOVING UP THE CHAIN TO KAUAI. EXCEPT FOR AN AREA OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS PASSING BY SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND...CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR TO SCATTERED IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...DISCOUNTING ANY HIGH-LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS. A WEAK FRONT IS FAR NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE STATE...AND IS MADE UP OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS. AT THE MOMENT...MOST OF THE CLOUDINESS IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30N131W TO 27N136W TO 26N140W TO 26N150W TO 30N154W. THE PART OF THE FRONT DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE BIG ISLAND IS MOVING AWAY TOWARD THE NORTH AND EAST. A STRONGER FRONT IS FAR WEST OF THE ISLANDS AND HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY. THE SYSTEM IS GENERATING BROKEN TO OVERCAST MULTILAYERED CLOUDINESS WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 200 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30N166W TO 20N174W TO 10N179W. THIS BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY EAST OF MIDWAY ATOLL...WHERE CONDITIONS RECENTLY HAVE BEEN FEW LOW CLOUDS...UNLIMITED VISIBILITY...AND WINDS FROM THE WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH GUSTING TO 15 TO 20 MPH. CONVECTION HAS BEEN FAIRLY WEAK ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FIRING FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 140W AND 172W...WITH MORE ACTIVITY LOCATED FROM 10N TO 12.5N BETWEEN 143W AND 149W. $$ 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.