From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Dec 21 08:39:26 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 oBL0dPYb023169 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:39:26 +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 oBKM1rgA022691; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:39:09 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4839225 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:39:08 -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 oBL0d88g010120 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:39:08 -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 oBL0d1Fs022478 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:39:08 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9B2183FE0005; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:39:01 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101221003901.9B2183FE0005@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:39:01 -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 843 ATHW40 PHFO 210038 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC TUE DEC 21 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 21 2010 AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC IS BRINGING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. THE CENTER OF A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS LOCATED 1000 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE HAS BEEN SHUNTED NORTH BY THE LOW AND IS CENTERED NEAR 42N 168W. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE EAST PACIFIC INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC OVER 23N 140W THROUGH 23N 153W. THE COLD FRONT IS BRINGING LAYERED CLOUDS UP TO 30 THOUSAND FEET WITHIN A 250 MILE CLOUD BAND. LAYERED CLOUDS EXTENDING AS HIGH AS 35 THOUSAND FEET COVERS THE AREA BETWEEN 20N AND 30N FROM HAWAII TO 175W. LAYERED CLOUDS ALSO EXTEND FROM HAWAII TO THE SOUTHWEST...OVER THE DATELINE AND 10N...WITHIN A 350 MILE WIDE CLOUD BAND. THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN THE LAYERED CLOUDS ARE FORMING WITHIN THE CLOUD BAND SW OF HAWAII AS WELL AS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE BROAD LOW PRESSURE BETWEEN 23N AND 30N FROM 164W TO 170W. TROPICAL STORM OMEKA IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA WEST OF HAWAII CENTERED NEAR 24N 175W...AND IS MOVING TOWARD THE NE NEAR 20 MPH. $$ MORRISON +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.