From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Dec 28 02:42:19 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 oBRIgHWm024054 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:42:18 +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 oBQCI5oO000588; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:41:39 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4891846 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:41:39 -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 oBRIfdsZ016124 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:41:39 -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 oBRIfUCG016123 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:41:38 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id DD5E43FE0008; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:41:30 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101227184130.DD5E43FE0008@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:41:30 -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 629 ATHW40 PHFO 271841 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC MON DEC 27 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 27 2010 WATER VAPOR SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ABOUT 780 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. LAYERED CLOUDS BLANKET THE AREA FROM THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WESTWARD TO THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THESE LAYERED CLOUDS COVER NIIHAU...KAUAI AND OAHU AT 8 AM...AND ARE QUICKLY SPREADING OVER THE REMAINING ISLANDS. THROUGH THIN SPOTS IN THE CLOUDS...IT WOULD APPEAR THAT LOW CLOUDS OVER THE ISLANDS OF MAUI COUNTY ARE FOUND OVER THE NORTHERN SHORES OF MOLOKAI...THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF LANAI AND THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS. TO THE SOUTHWEST OF OAHU AT 8 AM...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOTED WITH TOPS REACHING NEAR 43000 FEET. ONE THUNDERSTORM IS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU...AND ANOTHER IS ABOUT 47 MILES WEST OF HONOLULU. THERE IS A THICK LAYERED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST BAND OVER KAUAI AND NIIHAU THIS MORNING...THAT EXTENDS ABOUT 190 MILES NORTHEAST OF KAUAI...AND ALMOST 500 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE SECTION OF THE BAND OVER KAUAI EXTENDS EAST INTO THE KAUAI CHANNEL...TO ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST...THERE IS AN APPROXIMATELY 125 MILES AREA WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE NOT AS THICK. THEN THE LEADING EDGE OF ANOTHER NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED LAYERED CLOUD BAND IS ABOUT 200 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. LOW CLOUDS EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND ARE MOVING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT NEAR KAUAI IS DIFFICULT TO DISCERN WITH THE LAYERED CLOUDS. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.