From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 23 02:47:58 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 oBMIlvbb013751 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:47:58 +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 oBMCxvk6000590; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:47:38 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4846297 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:47:38 -0600 Received: from relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (relay04.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.5]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBMIlc2e021119 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:47:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBMIlVx0000380 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:47:37 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7F8EA3FE0005; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:47:31 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101222184731.7F8EA3FE0005@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:47:31 -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 912 ATHW40 PHFO 221847 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC WED DEC 22 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 22 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...WITH A NUMBER OF EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. ONE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED NEAR 25N159W...OR ABOUT 200 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI. THIS SHORTWAVE IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. A CLOUD BAND ASSOCIATED WITH A DISSIPATING FRONT IS LOCATED NEAR THE SHORTWAVE...OR JUST NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE BAND IS UP TO 400 MILES WIDE...AND THE WESTERN EDGE EXTENDS FROM 30N165W TO 23N158W TO 16N151W. THE BAND IS COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF OVERCAST CUMULUS AND STRATOCUMULUS ELEMENTS...BUT WITH AREAS OF MIXED LAYERED CLOUDS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE. ONE AREA OF DEEPER CLOUDS IS LOCATED AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE...BEGINNING ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF KAUAI. BROKEN LAYERED CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS ELEMENTS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CLOUD BAND GENERALLY BETWEEN 149W AND 159W. CLOUD TOPS EXTEND UP TO 40000 FT. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED NEAR 15N155W...OR ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS TROUGH IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE LOCATED EAST OF THIS TROUGH...AND ARE LOCATED GENERALLY FROM 14N TO 16N BETWEEN 148W AND 151W. CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOPS EXTEND UP TO 44000 FT. THE CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WHILE NEARBY CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. A THIRD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED NEAR 21N173W...OR ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MIDWAY ATOLL. THIS TROUGH IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE LOCATED EAST OF THIS TROUGH...GENERALLY FROM 19N TO 23N BETWEEN 166W AND 173W. INDIVIDUAL CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. BROKEN TO OVERCAST CIRRUS AND CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS ARE LOCATED THROUGH THIS AREA AS WELL. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. FARTHER WEST...A LARGER AREA OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS IS LOCATED NORTH OF 14N ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE. SCATTERED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS LINE. CLOUD TOPS EXTEND UP TO 48000 FT. BROKEN CIRRUS AND CIRROCUMULUS ELEMENTS EXTEND EAST FROM THE MAIN AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS...GENERALLY AS FAR EAST AS 174W. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN COAST OF KAUAI...WITH CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE SOUTH SHORE OF OAHU...AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND EAST OF PEARL HARBOR AND SOUTH OF KANEOHE BAY. THESE CLOUDS EXTEND OFFSHORE ACROSS THE KAIWI CHANNEL...AND ALSO COVER LANAI AND WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MOLOKAI. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS AND CENTRAL VALLEY ON MAUI...AND ALSO EXTEND ACROSS THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL. ON THE BIG ISLAND...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS COVER NORTH AND SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICTS...WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ACROSS HAMAKUA AND NORTH HILO DISTRICTS BELOW 8000 FT. BROKEN LOW AND MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUDS COVER SOUTH HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE LOCATED OVER NORTH AND SOUTH KONA AND KAU DISTRICTS GENERALLY BELOW 4000 FT. $$ BRAVENDER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.