From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Dec 18 08:31:06 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 oBI0V4N0003302 for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:31:05 +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 oBG87IXh004460; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:30:32 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4810249 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:30:32 -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 oBI0UVhT011469 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:30:31 -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 oBI0UPnA013926 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:30:31 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id C63D73FE0084; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:30:23 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101218003024.C63D73FE0084@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:30:23 -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 813 ATHW40 PHFO 180030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SAT DEC 18 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 18 2010 A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED ABOUT 1200 MILES WEST OF KAUAI IS THE MOST PREDOMINATE WEATHER FEATURE SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY. A BROAD SWATH OF LAYRED CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF DEEP CONVECTION IS SEEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. SOME HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS ON THE FAR EAST SIDE OF THIS SWATH OF CLOUDS ARE OCCASIONALLY MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THIS BROAD SWATH OF CLOUDS THEN STREAMS OFF TOWARD THE EAST EVENTUALLY REACHING THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS AN UPPER LOW SPINNING A FEW HUNDRED MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE SEEN PULSING NEAR THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW AS WELL AS ALONG THE ITCZ ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW. THIS UPPER LOW APPEARS TO BE DRIFTING SLOWLY OFF TO THE EAST. LOW CLOUD COVERAGE OVER THE ISLANDS HAS INCREASED A BIT SINCE THIS MORNING. OVER KAUAI PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN MAINLY OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS. OVER OAHU LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN OVER THE SLOPES AND SUMMITS OF BOTH THE KOOLAU AND WAIANAE MOUNTAIN RANGES WITH A FEW CLOUDS OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS. JUST A FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN OVER EASTERN MOLOKAI AS WELL AS OVER INTERIOR LANAI. OVER MAUI LOW CLOUDS ARE BANKED UP OVER PORTIONS OF THE HALEAKALA SLOPES WITH A FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS OVER THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS. OVER THE BIG ISLAND PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE KONA AND SOUTHEAST KAU SLOPES WITH JUST A FEW PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS OVER THE HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. $$ BURKE +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.