From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Tue Dec 28 08:41:01 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 oBS0f0kk020651 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:41:00 +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 oBRKRJ51000588; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:40:44 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4894021 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:40:43 -0600 Received: from relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (relay03.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.69]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBS0ehEe005218 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:40:43 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay03.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBS0ebFF002991 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:40:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 1E2943FE0004; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:40:37 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101228004037.1E2943FE0004@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:40:37 -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 690 ATHW40 PHFO 280040 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC TUE DEC 28 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 28 2010 A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR AROUND 700 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AT 2 PM. LAYERED CLOUDS CONTINUE TO BLANKET THE AREA EAST OF THE TROUGH. THESE LAYERED CLOUDS COVER THE SMALLER MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. THROUGH VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOPS...IT WOULD APPEAR THAT MOST OF THE CLOUDS OVER MAUI THIS AFTERNOON ARE HIGH CLOUDS...BUT THE CLOUDS ARE THICK ENOUGH TO OBSCURE LOWER CLOUDS UNDERNEATH. HIGH CLOUDS STREAM OVER THE BIG ISLAND AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON...PARTIALLY OBSCURING THE LOWER CLOUDS BENEATH. THROUGH THE USE OF SATELLITE LOOPS AND THIN SPOTS IN THE HIGH CLOUDS...LOW CLOUDS APPEAR TO BE CONCENTRATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE KAU AND PUNA DISTRICTS. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS WEST OF MOLOKAI. THUNDERSTORM TOPS ARE REACHING NEAR 45000 FEET. THE CLOUDS WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS ARE MOVING FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST...YET THE BAND AS A WHOLE HAS NOT MOVED MUCH TO THE EAST OR WEST IN THE LAST SIX HOURS. LOW CLOUDS EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...A RELATIVE BREAK WAS NOTED BETWEEN THE BAND OVER KAUAI AND OAHU AND THE NEXT BAND TO THE NORTHWEST. OVER THE LAST SIX HOURS THE CLOUDS HAVE FILLED IN. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.