From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 29 20:30:53 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 oBTCUpa3005545 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:30:52 +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 oBRKRJnq000588; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:30:33 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4903293 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:30:33 -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 oBTCUWxo001835 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:30:32 -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 oBTCUPhO001360 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:30:32 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9293E3FE0004; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:30:25 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101229123025.9293E3FE0004@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:30:25 -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 128 ATHW40 PHFO 291230 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC WED DEC 29 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 29 2010 FAR NORTH OF THE ISLANDS IS A 100 MILE WIDE BAND OF CLOSELY PACKED THUNDERSTORMS...THE EASTERN EDGE OF WHICH RUNS SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH 30N156W TO 23N164W. THE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH RISE SOME 50000 FEET UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE...MARK THE LOCATION OF A STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE FRONTAL TROUGH. A MESS OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE STATE FROM 07N TO 16N BETWEEN 145W AND 175W. BROKEN TO OVERCAST MIDDLE AND HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD DIRECTLY OVER THE ISLANDS TO 30N AND BEYOND. THE NORTHWARD MOVEMENT IS DICTATED BY SOUTHERLY WINDS EAST OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS NEAR 15N169W AND A TROUGH ALOFT EXTENDING FROM THE LOW NORTHWARD THROUGH 30N165W. THE CLOUDS CONTINUE TO BLOCK THE VIEW OF THE LOW CLOUD FIELD AROUND THE ISLANDS. HAWAII/S FUTURE WEATHER IS SEEN EAST OF 150W WHERE LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TRADE WINDS TAKES THE SHAPE OF A CURVED BAND OF BROKEN CLOUDS WITHIN 15O MILES EAST OF A LINE FROM 23N151W TO 18N150W TO 13N147W TO 12N140W. THE CLOUD BAND IS CURRENTLY MOVING WESTWARD UNDERNEATH THE NUMEROUS CLOUDS COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH...SO WILL VANISH SHORTLY. A COLD FRONT IS LOCATED FAR TO THE NORTHWEST ALONG A LINE THROUGH 30N173W TO 26N180W AND AWAY TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE FRONT...WHICH CONSISTS OF A 250 MILE WIDE BAND OF OVERCAST CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. $$ 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.