From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Dec 17 02:45:57 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 oBGIjtop002748 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:45:56 +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 oBG60ZuH027712; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:45:39 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4796103 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:45:39 -0600 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBGIjdRr022190 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:45:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBGIjWIa026029 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:45:39 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id A255D3FE0084; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:45:32 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101216184532.A255D3FE0084@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:45:32 -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 616 ATHW40 PHFO 161845 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC THU DEC 16 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 16 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS TWO UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS NEAR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS MORNING. THE SYSTEM TO THE SOUTH IS NEAR 12.9N 154.1W...ABOUT 435 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH POINT ON THE BIG ISLAND. THIS UPPER LOW HAS BEEN SLOWLY SHIFTING TO THE WEST OVER THE LAST DAY. THE OTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NEAR 33.7N 176.0W...ABOUT 1275 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM/S SURFACE COLD FRONT LIE IN A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED BAND...THE LEADING EDGE OF WHICH IS ABOUT 380 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AT 8 AM. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN NOTED ALONG THE CLOUD BAND...WITH THE MOST ACTIVITY OCCURING SOUTH OF 22N. CLOUDS TOPS IN THE BAND REACH NEAR 54 THOUSAND FEET SOUTH OF 20N. THIN HIGH CLOUDS OUT AHEAD OF THE LAYERED CLOUDS ARE PASSING OVER KAUAI AND NIIHAU FROM TIME TO TIME. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO NOTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS NEAR THE UPPER LOW IN THAT AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA HAVE TOPS REACHING NEAR 44 THOUSAND FEET. LOW CLOUDS OVER THE ISLANDS ARE SPARSE THIS MORNING. THE LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE ISLANDS NEAR KAUAI ARE MOVING FROM THE SOUTHEAST...WHILE NEAR THE BIG ISLAND THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING FROM THE EAST. A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER NIIHAU...THE EASTERN HALF OF KAUAI AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF OAHU. MOLOKAI...LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE ARE ALL CLOUD FREE AT 8 AM. A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS...WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA NEAR HANA. ON THE BIG ISLAND...LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS...AND THEY ARE FORMING OVER THE KAU DISTRICT. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.