From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 30 08:41:02 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 oBU0f11b028199 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:41:02 +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 oBTFCXCN000588; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:40:40 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4908490 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:40:40 -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 oBU0eeH8012984 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:40:40 -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 oBU0eXCt011330 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:40:40 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id E735A3FE0006; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:40:33 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101230004033.E735A3FE0006@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:40:33 -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 045 ATHW40 PHFO 300040 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC THU DEC 30 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC DECEMBER 30 2010 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW IS CENTERED AT 16N168W. ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE UPPER LOW AN AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERS AN AREA FROM 11N TO 18N AND 161W TO 167W. CUMULONIMBUS /CB/ CLOUD TOPS REACH TO 46 KFT IN THE VERTICAL. DIRECTLY NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE OF THIS BAND OF CLOUDS...SEVERAL STREAMS OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN MIDDLE AND HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH PASSING DIRECTLY OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS TO AROUND 28N. THE NORTHWARD MOVEMENT IS DICTATED BY SOUTHERLY WINDS ALOFT EAST OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. THE UPPER LOW HAS A SURFACE TROUGH REFLECTION FROM 30N158W TO 18N175W AND IS CURRENTLY LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AT THIS TIME. NORTH OF 28N...THE TROUGH IS JOINED WITH A FRONT AND THEN CONNECTED TO A SHORTWAVE LOW CENTERED AT 34N154W. ABUNDANT LAYERED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT AND DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH WEST OF THIS AREA. A COLD FRONT IS LOCATED FAR TO THE NORTHWEST ALONG A LINE THROUGH 38N167W TO 30N170W TO 25N180E AND AWAY TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE FRONT...WHICH CONSISTS OF A 200 MILE WIDE BAND OF OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS. THE CLOUDS BECOME LAYERED NORTH OF 30N. CLOSED-CELL CUMULUS CLOUDS COVER THE AREA NORTH OF 19N AND EAST OF 154W. THESE CLOUDS ARE PARTIALLY OBSCURED ON SATELLITE BY THE PASSING UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. LOW CLOUDS CAN BE SEEN ACROSS LEEWARD BIG ISLAND AND THE LOWER SLOPES OF HALEAKALA WITH FEW LOW CLOUDS OVER THE REST OF THE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT WATERS. THE REMAINING ISLANDS ARE COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY THE HIGHER CLOUDS ON SATELLITE. $$ FOSTER +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.