From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Dec 27 08:31:07 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 oBR0V6VI016927 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:31:07 +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 oBQCI5UE000588; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:30:48 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4886555 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:30:48 -0600 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBR0Umsm015389 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:30:48 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBR0Uf9C005539 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:30:48 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id D95573FE0004; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:30:41 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101227003041.D95573FE0004@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:30:41 -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 187 ATHW40 PHFO 270030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC MON DEC 27 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 27 2010 A DEEP LOW PRESSURE IS CENTERED NEAR 37N 165W AND IS MOVING ENE AT 22 MPH. TWO COLD FRONTS EXTEND SOUTH AND WEST FROM THE LOW AND EACH FRONT HAS AN ASSOCIATED AREA OF CLOUDS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRST IS PRODUCING A BAND OF CLOUDS THAT EXTENDS FROM OAHU TO 30N 153W. THE BAND IS 100 MILES ACROSS JUST NORTH OF OAHU AND EXPANDS TO 350 MILES WIDE OVER 30N. LAYERED CLOUDS EXTEND UP TO 25 THOUSAND FEET WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CLOUD TOPS TO 45 THOUSAND FEET. THE SECOND FRONT IS FARTHER TO THE WEST AND IS CENTERED OVER 17N 177W TO 27N 166W. THIS 300-MILE WIDE BAND CONTAINS EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 40 THOUSAND FEET. MOST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE BAND WITHIN LAYERED CLOUDS THAT EXTEND TO 30 THOUSAND FEET. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LOCATED 400 MILES EAST OF HILO IS PRODUCING BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THE AREA OF CLOUDS IS WITHIN 18N TO 24N FROM 149W TO 143W. THE UPPER TROUGH AND CLOUDS ARE MOVING 20 MPH TOWARD THE NE. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE STATE SHOWS LOW CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED CLOUD BAND COVERING MOST OF OAHU. CLOUDY SKIES WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS ALSO COVER KAUAI AS SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGS CLOUDS AND MOISTURE OVER THE STATE. MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER MOST AREAS WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ALONG THE MID-SLOPES OF HALEAKALA...THE KONA COAST...AND THE SLOPES OF MAUNA KEA. INDIVIDUAL LOW CLOUDS SOUTH OF THE STATE ARE MOVING 20 MPH TOWARD THE NNW. $$ 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.