From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 29 13:32:01 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 oBT5W0l7025387 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:32:01 +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 oBRKRJi0000588; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:31:47 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4901725 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:31:47 -0600 Received: from relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (relay04.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.5]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBT5Vlff006755 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:31:47 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay04.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBT5VerV000584 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:31:46 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 81A183FE0037; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:31:40 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101229053140.81A183FE0037@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:31:40 -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 704 ATHW40 PHFO 290531 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC WED DEC 29 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC DECEMBER 29 2010 THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE CONCENTRATED OVER AND AROUND THE STATE 24 HOURS AGO HAVE SPLIT UP INTO THREE AREAS. THE MOST ACTIVE AREA IS NORTH OF THE ISLANDS...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 22N165W TO 30N153W. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALONG AND NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT. THE AREA IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. CLOUD TOPS ARE UP TO 45000 FEET. THE SECOND MOST ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM AREA IS SOUTH OF THE STATE FROM 06N TO 14N BETWEEN 150W AND 160W. THE TALLEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE S OF 10N WITH TOPS TO 50000 FEET. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE THIRD AREA WITH THE FEWEST THUNDERSTORMS IS 500 TO 1000 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI...OR IN AN AREA FROM 10N TO 15N BETWEEN 175W AND 172W. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EAST OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED NEAR 13N168W. THE LOW IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TALLEST THUNDERSTORM TOP IS 30000 FEET. LAYERED CLOUDS ARE BEING DRAWN OVER THE STATE FROM THE TWO AREAS SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS. THESE CLOUDS ARE PREVENTING US FROM SEEING THE LOW CLOUDS BELOW. THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 50 MPH. THE FASTEST MOVING CLOUDS ARE THE HIGHEST CLOUDS. $$ CRAIG +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.