From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 16 20:02:04 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 oBGC22bv028322 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:02:03 +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 oBECG27f000142; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:00:14 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4790292 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:00:14 -0600 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBGC0DvO017965 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:00:13 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBGC07lf004747 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:00:13 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5F87D3FE0872; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:00:07 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101216120007.5F87D3FE0872@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:00:07 -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 756 ATHW40 PHFO 161200 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1200 UTC THU DEC 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1130 UTC DECEMBER 16 2010 SKIES ARE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY OVER MOST OF THE ALOHA STATE THIS EARLY MORNING. OCCASIONAL LOW CEILINGS HAVE BEEN MAINLY CONFINED TO THE PUNA AND HILO DISTRICTS ON THE BIG ISLAND...AND TO LEEWARD KOHALA AND NORTHERN PARTS OF NORTH KONA. LOW CLOUD MOTION IS FROM THE EAST STATEWIDE...NEAR 15 MPH JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND SLOWING TO LESS THAN 10 MPH MOVING UP THE CHAIN TO KAUAI. STABLE-LOOKING SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN FORMING NORTH CLOCKWISE THROUGH EAST OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND...SOUTH AND WEST OF THE BIG ISLAND...AND SOUTH OF MAUI COUNTY. CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR TO SCATTERED ELSEWHERE IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. A FRONT IS FAR NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS AND MOVING AWAY. THE BOUNDARY CONSISTS OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS...CURRENTLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM 27.5N130W TO 25.5N140W TO 25.5N145W TO 26.5N150W TO 30N151W. ANOTHER FRONT IS STATIONARY FAR WEST OF THE STATE. AS OF BULLETIN TIME...MOST OF THE MULTILAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM...WHICH ARE EMBEDDED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ARE WITHIN 250 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30N165W TO 20N172W TO 14N180 TO 08N175W. UNORGANIZED...AND FAIRLY WEAK...CONVECTION HAS BEEN IGNITING ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED WITHIN 130 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 08N140W TO 13N150W TO 08N153W TO 08N163W. MORE ACTIVITY IS FOUND FROM 05N TO 07N BETWEEN 167W AND 171.5W. $$ 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.