From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 22 13:48:12 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 oBM5mBU0018150 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:48:12 +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 oBLKNBuZ022691; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:47:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4855276 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:47:43 -0600 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBM5lhdx024687 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:47:43 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBM5lbFs007302 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:47:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 03D1D3FE0856; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:47:36 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101222054737.03D1D3FE0856@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:47:36 -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 718 ATHW40 PHFO 220547 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC WED DEC 22 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC DECEMBER 22 2010 LAYERED CLOUDS CONTINUE TO BE FOUND OVER EAST MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. THIN HIGH CLOUDS ARE PASSING OVER THE REMAINING SMALLER ISLANDS. BENEATH THE HIGH CLOUDS FEW CLOUDS CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER LANAI AND MOLOKAI. ON OAHU...A BATCH OF LOW CLOUDS IS PASSING OVER THE NORTH TIP OF OAHU...AT AT 7 PM THIS AREA COVERED THE AREA BETWEEN SUNSET BEACH AND TURTLE BAY. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND ELSEWHERE OVER OAHU AT 7 PM. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER KAUAI. THESE LAYERED CLOUDS ARE PART OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM EAST OF THE ISLANDS. THE LAYERED CLOUDS ARE CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 23.6N 156.8W TO 17.9N 153.2W TO 14.8N 156.0W. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND IN THE AREA OF CLOUDS SOUTH OF 19N...AND HAVE TOPS REACHING NEAR 46000 FEET AT 7 PM. A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...BASED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...WITH LOW TO MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. THE TROUGH AXIS RUNS ALONG A LINE FROM 30.5N 166.3W TO 22.8N 164.7W. THIS PLACES THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TROUGH ABOUT 320 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. AN ISOLATED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS NOTED IN THE ITCZ NEAR 8.5N 152.5W...ABOUT 770 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. CLOUD TOPS HERE ARE REACHING NEAR 47000 FEET. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.