From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Dec 17 08:41:28 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 oBH0fQV2006697 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:41:27 +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 oBG4hnl7011741; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:41:10 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4799257 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:41:10 -0600 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBH0f9YQ014883 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:41:09 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBH0f3P4008232 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:41:09 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 353A43FE0084; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:41:03 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101217004103.353A43FE0084@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:41:03 -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 003 ATHW40 PHFO 170040 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC FRI DEC 17 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 17 2010 THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND HAS LIFTED TO THE NORTH A BIT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. AT 2 PM...THE UPPER LOW WAS NEAR 13.9N 153.4W...ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE OTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW IS ABOUT 125 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI NEAR 33.6N 175.7W. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE COLD FRONT IS ABOUT 335 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN NOTED WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUD BAND...CONCENTRATED IN THE PORTION OF THE LAYERED CLOUDS CENTERED ON A LINE FROM 24N 129W TO 10N 177W. CLOUD TOPS IN THIS ARE REACH AS HIGH AS 54 THOUSAND FEET. FEW LOW CLOUDS REMAIN NEAR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST CONCENTRATED LOW CLOUDS ARE EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE FEW LOW CLOUDS EAST OF KAUAI ARE MOVING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE CLOUDS EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND ARE MOVING IN A MORE EASTERLY DIRECTION AROUND 15 MPH. LOW CLOUDS HAVE INCREASED OVER ALL THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SINCE DAYBREAK...BUT OVERALL CLOUD COVERAGE IS STILL LESS THAN IT WAS 24 HOURS AGO. SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER KAUAI...WITH A FEW CLOUDS OVER NIIHAU. SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND ACROSS OAHU. A FEW CLOUDS HAVE FORMED OVER MOLOKAI...LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE...WHICH ALL WERE CLOUD FREE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. ON MAUI...THE CLOUDS OVER THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS HAVE THINNED...WHILE THE LOW CLOUDS IN THE HANA AREA HAVE SHIFTED TO COVER THE AREA FROM HAMOA TO ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF NUU ON THE SOUTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. ON THE BIG ISLAND...THE FEW CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTH HILO DISTRICT HAVE EXPANDED TO COVER MOST OF THE DISTRICT...AND SPILL OVER INTO THE COASTAL AREA OF THE NORTH HILO DISTRICT. SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE PUNA DISTRICT...PRIMARILY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE DISTRICT. CLOUDS COVER MOST OF THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE KAU SOUTHEAST FACING SLOPES...EXTENDING UP THE SLOPES TO AROUND SIX THOUSAND FEET. CLOUDS ARE INCREASING OVER THE SOUTH KONA AND NORTH KONA DISTRICTS...WITH A FEW CLOUDS OVER THE REMAINING LOWER SLOPES. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.