From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 29 02:36:55 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 oBSIasgE024746 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:36:55 +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 oBRKRJUG000588; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:36:32 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4899085 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:36:31 -0600 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBSIaVRl005758 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:36:31 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBSIaP5H017619 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:36:31 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 2AFD73FE0018; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:36:25 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101228183625.2AFD73FE0018@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:36:25 -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 840 ATHW40 PHFO 281836 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1830 UTC TUE DEC 28 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC DECEMBER 28 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 16N173W...OR ABOUT 900 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MIDWAY ATOLL. THIS LOW IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE LOW IS PART OF A LONGWAVE TROUGH THAT EXTENDS NORTH THROUGH 30N169W. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS ARE LOCATED EAST OF THE TROUGH...GENERALLY BETWEEN 153W AND 169W. THESE CLOUDS COVER MUCH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ADDITIONAL CIRRUS CLOUDS EXTEND FARTHER EAST FROM THE MAIN AREA OF CLOUDS...WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS EXTENDING AS FAR AS 148W. ISOLATED CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS. CLOUD TOPS EXTEND UP TO 40000 FT. FARTHER EAST...AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN A RETURNING TRADE WIND FLOW. BASED ON LOW-CLOUD MOTIONS...A SURFACE RIDGE IS LOCATED FROM 28N140W TO NEAR 26N150W. NORTH OF 24N...CLOUDS ARE BROKEN TO OVERCAST IN COVERAGE AND ARE COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF STABLE CLOSED CELL CUMULUS ELEMENTS. SOUTH OF 24N...CLOUDS ARE GENERALLY SCATTERED TO BROKEN IN COVERAGE AND ARE COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF SHOWERY OPEN CELL CUMULUS ELEMENTS. NORTH OF THE RIDGE...CLOUD MOTIONS ARE TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SOUTH OF THE RIDGE...CLOUD MOTIONS ARE TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SOUTH OF 22N...CLOUD MOTIONS ARE TO THE WEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS COVER MUCH OF THE STATE...OBSCURING LOW CLOUD FEATURES. A BAND OF TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LAYERED CLOUDS IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF OAHU. CLOUD TOPS WITHIN THIS AREA EXTEND UP TO 25000 FT. THIS BAND IS GENERALLY 20 TO 30 MILES WIDE...AND EXTENDS FROM BETWEEN DIAMOND HEAD AND MAKAPUU POINT ON OAHU TO 150 MILES OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTH. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 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.