From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Dec 25 20:14:00 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 oBPCDxxA008644 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 20:14:00 +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 oBP5023j000588; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:13:40 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4870050 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:13:40 -0600 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBPCDd6v020505 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:13:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBPCDXC1006307 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:13:39 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 623A53FE002E; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:13:33 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101225121333.623A53FE002E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:13:33 -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 433 ATHW40 PHFO 251213 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC SAT DEC 25 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 25 2010 A SLOWLY DISINTEGRATING BAND OF DEEP LAYERED CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED TOWERING CUMULI EXTENDED ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS BETWEEN THE LINE FROM 25N 170W TO 30N 166W...AND THE CURVE FROM 20N 180 TO 24N 161W TO 30N 151W. THIN LAYERED HIGH CLOUDS ALSO PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES UP TO ABOUT 350 MILES SOUTHEAST FROM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE MAIN CLOUD BAND. THIS FEATURE AS A WHOLE DRIFTED EAST SLOWLY. ANOTHER BAND OF LOW TO MIDDLE CLOUD LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH A SECOND FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS WITHIN 120 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 30N 163W TO 23N 146W TO 23N 140W AND FURTHER NORTHEAST. DENSELY PACKED COLD-AIR CUMULI PREVAILED BETWEEN THIS BAND AND 30N. THIS FEATURE MOVED SOUTH SLOWLY. TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ BETWEEN 13N AND 06N. LAYERED HIGH TO MIDDLE DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION PARTLY TO MOSTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES BETWEEN 04N AND THE CURVE FROM 14N 180 TO 15N 175W TO 10N 160W TO 19N 149W TO 18N 140W. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED WITHIN 75 MILES OF THE POINT 17N 158W. LAYERED HIGH TO MIDDLE DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS AND EARLIER CONVECTION PARTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES WITHIN 75 MILES OF THE LINE FROM 17N 158W TO 16N 154W. OTHERWISE...CLOUD COVER ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS CONSISTED MAINLY OF SMALL UNORGANIZED CLUMPS OF MARINE CUMULUS AND STRATOCUMULUS. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY DRIFTED WEST SLOWLY. THEY ROSE MOSTLY TO HEIGHTS OF 5000 TO 7000 FEET...THOUGH TALLER CUMULI APPROACHED 15000 FEET. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CLOUD COVER CONSISTED MOSTLY OF LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM TOWERING CUMULI JUST OFFSHORE FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST OF KAUAI...AND ALONG THE SOUTHEAST CLOCKWISE THROUGH WEST COASTS OF THE BIG ISLAND. FEW CLOUDS WERE PRESENT OTHERWISE. RADAR DATA FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST OF KAUAI...AND OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHEAST CLOCKWISE THROUGH WEST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE LOWER CLOUDS VARIED CONSIDERABLY IN HEIGHT FROM 5000 TO 15000 FEET...WHILE THE TOWERING CUMULI AND THEIR DEBRIS CLOUDS APPROACHED 25000 FEET. $$ RYSHKO +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.