From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 23 13:35:07 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 oBN5Z6Lm003919 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:35:06 +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 oBMCxvRx000588; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:34:51 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4849658 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:34:51 -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 oBN5YplM021702 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:34:51 -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 oBN5YiQ7024224 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:34:50 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4384B3FE00DE; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:34:44 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101223053444.4384B3FE00DE@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:34:44 -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 951 ATHW40 PHFO 230534 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC THU DEC 23 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC DECEMBER 23 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW ABOUT 1800 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI THIS EVENING NEAR 34.9N 174.0E. THE LAYERED CLOUD BAND...ROUGHLY 585 MILES WIDE...ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM SURFACE FRONT HAVE THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BAND. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS BAND IS ABOUT 850 MILES WEST OF KAUAI THIS EVENING. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NOTED ON WATER VAPOR NEARLY 2375 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF KAUAI...NEAR 52.8N 159.7W. CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEMS SURFACE FRONT ARE ABOUT 775 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI. THE REMAINS OF A FRONT REMAIN ANCHORED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS EVENING. LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS OLD FRONT LIE ALONG A LINE FROM 23.6N 155.1W TO 19.3N 153.1W...WITH LOWER CLOUDS FOUND TO THE SOUTH. LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE ISLANDS ARE MOVING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. CLOUDS CONTINUE TO COVER MOST OF THE BIG ISLAND WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. FEWER CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE REMAINING MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AT 7 PM. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND PASSING OVER KAUAI AND NIIHAU. ON OAHU...TOWERING CUMULUS ARE FOUND OVER BOTH THE KOOLAU AND WAIANAE RANGES. SCATTERED CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE ISLANDS OF MOLOKAI...LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE. CLOUDS ARE MORE CONCENTRATED OVER MAUI...WITH CLOUDS COVERING MOST OF THE ISLAND AT 7 PM. TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOTED IN THE ITCZ FAR SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS. THE FIRST AREA IS CENTERED ON A LINE FROM 9.5N 150.9W TO 7.4N 156.7W WITH TOPS REACHING NEAR 51 THOUSAND FEET. THE OTHER AREA IS CENTERED NEAR 7.9N 163.9W WITH TOPS NEAR 43 THOUSAND 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.