From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Dec 26 08:31:06 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 oBQ0V5qV016911 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 08:31:05 +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 oBP502NI000588; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:44 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4875252 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:44 -0600 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBQ0Uh0X024613 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:43 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBQ0UbJ3000693 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9A7C33FE0004; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:35 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101226003036.9A7C33FE0004@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:35 -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 875 ATHW40 PHFO 260030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC SUN DEC 26 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 26 2010 THE ISLANDS THAT SAT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EARLY THIS MORNING ARE NOW COVERED WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS. THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS WHERE SKIES ARE STILL MOSTLY CLEAR ARE THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF MAUI... OVER AND UPSLOPE OF HILO...AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE BIG ISLAND. ADDITIONAL CLOUDS WITH BROKEN COVERAGE AND ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE SOUTH OF KAUAI OAHU AND MOLOKAI AND ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. MAUI AND LANAI HAVE FEWER CLOUDS MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCATED DOWNWIND OF THE CLOUD-BLOCKING BIG ISLAND. SKIES NORTH OF KAUAI OAHU AND MOLOKAI ARE CLEAR OR HAVE ISOLATED CLOUDS. SKIES NORTH OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND...ON THE OTHER HAND... HAVE BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS. LOW CLOUD TOPS OVER AND NEAR THE ISLANDS RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 THOUSAND FEET. SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING OVER KAUAI FROM THE NORTHWEST. SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS ARE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTH OVER THE BIG ISLAND. THE HIGH CLOUDS OVER AND SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND ARE SOUTH OF A JETSTREAM RUNNING FROM 14N155W TO 19N156W ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND TO 21N150W THEN OFF TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST. MOST OF THE CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE THIN RATHER THAN OPAQUE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...WHICH DISPLAYS MOISTURE ABOVE 24 THOUSAND FEET...CONTINUES TO TRACK AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND/S SOUTH POINT. THE LOW IS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OVER THE LAST 6 HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE LOW CENTER IN AN AREA FROM 08N TO 16N BETWEEN 140W AND 155W. BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED NORTH AND WEST OF THE ISLANDS. MOST OF THE CLOUDS ARE WITHIN 120 MILES OF A COLD FRONT FROM 30N160W TO 22N170W AND 20N180W. THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH WHILE THE AREA IS TRANSLATING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE ISLANDS. MAXIMUM THUNDERSTORM TOPS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 45 THOUSAND FEET. A SECOND COLD FRONT IS LOCATED FAR TO THE NORTHWEST ALONG A LINE THROUGH 30N174W TO 26N180W THEN OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST. THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 120 MILES OF THE FRONT HAVE INCREASED IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY OVER THE LAST 6 HOURS. THUNDERSTORM TOPS ARE NEAR 30 THOUSAND FEET. THE COLD FRONT IS 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.