From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sun Dec 26 20:42:16 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 oBQCgFOF018155 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:42:16 +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 oBQCI5uh000588; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:41:51 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4880956 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:41:50 -0600 Received: from relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (relay09.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.86]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBQCfo1w000339 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:41:50 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay09.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBQCfiI0018799 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:41:50 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id F23153FE0004; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:41:43 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101226124143.F23153FE0004@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:41:43 -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 329 ATHW40 PHFO 261241 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC SUN DEC 26 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 26 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WEST OF THE STATE. A COMPACT UPPER LOW IS LOCATED NORTH OF THE AREA NEAR 36N170W. THIS LOW IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A DIGGING SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS LOCATED WEST OF THE AREA NEAR 27N178E. THIS TROUGH IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...AND A BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT. THE FRONTAL BAND IS UP TO 200 MILES WIDE...AND THE WESTERN EDGE EXTENDS FROM 30N172W TO 26N180...OR FROM 350 MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDWAY ATOLL TO 200 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDWAY. THE BAND IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS. CLOUD TOPS EXTEND UP TO 35000 FT. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS LOCATED NEAR 21N176W...OR ABOUT 500 MILES SOUTH OF MIDWAY ATOLL. THIS TROUGH IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AN AREA OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS IS LOCATED GENERALLY BETWEEN 17N AND A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20N180 TO 24N175W TO 27N165W. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THESE LAYERED CLOUDS...WITH TOPS EXTENDING UP TO 40000 FT. CLOSER TO THE STATE...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS LOCATED NEAR 21N164W...OR ABOUT 300 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI. THIS TROUGH IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. AN AREA OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS IS LOCATED GENERALLY NORTH OF 20N BETWEEN 155W AND 163W...COVERING A PORTION OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. SCATTERED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS...AND ARE GREATEST IN COVERAGE ALONG A LINE FROM 22N160W TO 30N152W. CLOUD TOPS EXTEND UP TO 44000 FT. GOING FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS... WITH EMBEDDED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS...COVER KAUAI AND OAHU AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER MOLOKAI AND LANAI...AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS. CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE LEEWARD SLOPES OF HALEAKALA...AND ALSO ACROSS WINDWARD COASTAL SECTIONS. THESE CLOUDS ARE PART OF A LARGER PLUME CLOUD THAT EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL...ORIGINATING NEAR THE BIG ISLAND. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND... GENERALLY FROM NORTH KOHALA DISTRICT TO NORTH KONA DISTRICT NORTH OF KEAHOLE POINT. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE LOCATED COVER SOUTHEAST SECTIONS. TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS LOCATED NEAR 18N153W...OR ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS LOW IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AN AREA OF BROKEN MIDDLE AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ARE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THIS LOW...GENERALLY BETWEEN 140W AND 151W SOUTH OF 19N. THESE THICKER LAYERED CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE LOCATED FARTHER NORTH...EXTENDING UP TO 22N. THESE THINNER HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. $$ BRAVENDER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.