From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Dec 25 08:30:51 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 oBP0UnEI008867 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:30:50 +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 oBNIVEkx000588; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:30:31 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4865464 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:30:31 -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 oBP0UUYW012376 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:30:30 -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 oBP0UOCO006052 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:30:30 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5145D3FE0004; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:30:24 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101225003024.5145D3FE0004@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:30:24 -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 777 ATHW40 PHFO 250030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SAT DEC 25 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 25 2010 A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH NEAR THE BIG ISLAND IS PRODUCING BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED TOWERING CUMULUS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS EXTEND SOUTH FROM SOUTH POINT TO 15N. THE TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST. NORTHEAST AND NORTH OF THE ISLANDS...A 250-MILE WIDE CLOUDBAND ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT IS CENTERED OVER 26N 140W...25N 150W...AND 28N 160W. THE BAND IS MADE UP OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATOCUMULUS AND CUMULUS CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS. NORTHWEST AND WEST OF THE STATE...A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NNE TO SSW CENTERED FROM 30N 167W TO 18N 176W. THE CLOUD BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT AVERAGES ABOUT 300 MILES ACROSS NEAR 30N AND 100 MILES ACROSS NEAR 20N. THE BAND IS MADE UP OF LAYERED CLOUDS UP TO 35 THOUSAND FEET WITH EMBEDDED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS UP TO 50 THOUSAND FEET. THE FRONT IS MOVING 15 MPH TOWARD THE EAST. OVER THE ISLANDS...SKIES HAVE CLOUDED UP SINCE THIS MORNING WITH THE ADVENT OF WIDESPREAD SEA BREEZES ACROSS THE STATE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED UPSLOPE OF HILO WITH CLOUD TOPS REACHING 40 THOUSAND FEET. TOWERING CUMULUS HAVE FORMED OVER AREAS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS WITH CLOUD TOPS RANGING FROM 20 TO 30 THOUSAND FEET. AREAS REMAINING WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE THE S AND SW COAST OF KAUAI AND OAHU...AND THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF MAUI. OTHER ISLAND LOCATIONS ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY. $$ 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.