From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Dec 26 02:24:32 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 oBPIOUiw020640 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 02:24:31 +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 oBP502Ex000588; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:24:12 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4873004 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:24:12 -0600 Received: from relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (relay06.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.8]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBPIOCHq009370 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:24:12 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay06.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBPIO66g023162 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:24:12 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 057F83FE0035; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:24:05 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101225182406.057F83FE0035@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:24:05 -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 377 ATHW40 PHFO 251823 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC SAT DEC 25 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 25 2010 CLOUDS WERE SCATTERED TO BROKEN OVER THE KAUAI MOUNTAINS...THE EAST END OF MOLOKAI AND MOST OF LANAI. BROKEN CLOUDS WERE ALSO NOTICED OVER THE SOUTH-FACING SLOPES OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS AND MOUNT HALEAKALA...AND THE SOUTH COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. OTHERWISE...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. CLOUDS WERE SCATTERED TO BROKEN OVER WATER WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE ISLANDS. CLOUD TOPS RANGED FROM 6 TO 11 THOUSAND FEET. THE CLOUDS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...WHICH DISPLAYS MOISTURE ABOVE 24 THOUSAND FEET...PINPOINTED AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND/S SOUTH POINT. BETWEEN THE CENTER OF THE LOW AND THE BIG ISLAND WAS AN AREA OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND TOWERING CUMULI. MOST OF THE CLOUDS WERE FROM 16N TO 18N BETWEEN 154W AND 158W. THE CLOUDS WERE MOVING COUNTERCLOCKWISE AT 10 MPH AROUND THE LOW. THUNDERSTORM TOPS WERE NEAR 34 THOUSAND FEET. BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS WITH SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DETECTED EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE UPPER LOW IN AN AREA FROM 07N TO 13N BETWEEN 140W AND 155W. HIGH CLOUDS SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND WERE WITHIN 250 MILES SOUTH OF A JETSTREAM RUNNING FROM 14N155W TO 19N152W TO 17N140W AND BEYOND, BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH AND WEST OF THE ISLANDS. MOST OF THE CLOUDS WERE IN AN AREA FROM 30N150W TO 24N160W TO 17N170W TO 25N170W TO 30N164W. THE CLOUDS...WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...EXTENDED FAR NORTH OF 30N BETWEEN 150W AND 165W. THE CLOUDS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH WHILE THE AREA WAS TRANSLATING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE ISLANDS. MAXIMUM THUNDERSTORM TOPS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 45 THOUSAND FEET. A SECOND WEAKER COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FAR TO THE NORTHWEST ALONG A LINE THROUGH 30N175W TO 27N180W AND OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST. ISOLATED SMALL THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED WITHIN 120 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT HAD TOPS NEAR 28 THOUSAND FEET. THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ CRAIG +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.