From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Dec 31 20:08:00 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 oBVC7xna016196 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:07:59 +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 oBV39q4i000588; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:07:37 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4921498 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:07:36 -0600 Received: from relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (relay02.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.4]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBVC7ahM008586 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:07:36 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay02.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBVC7Uec027817 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:07:36 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4A3133FE00D5; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:07:30 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101231120730.4A3133FE00D5@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:07:30 -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 283 ATHW40 PHFO 311207 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC FRI DEC 31 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC DECEMBER 31 2010 TO THE NORTHWEST...A SLOWLY DISSIPATING CLOUD BAND ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAKENING FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS WITHIN 180 MILES OF THE CURVE FROM 24N 180 TO 30N 170W AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. HIGH AND LOW LAYERS OF THIS FEATURE MOVED AT DIFFERENT RATES...BUT THE BAND AS A WHOLE DRIFTED SOUTHEAST SLOWLY. TO THE SOUTH...THERE WAS LITTLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO MARK AN ITCZ. LAYERED LOW TO MIDDLE DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM EARLIER CONVECTION MOSTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES BETWEEN 11N AND THE EQUATOR. HOWEVER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED WITHIN 90 MILES OF THE POINT 08N 157W...AND THEIR LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS PARTLY TO MOSTLY OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES WITHIN 150 MILES OF THE LINE FROM 06N 170W TO 13N 162W...AND WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE CURVE FROM 12N 156W TO 09N 151W TO 06N 148W TO 05N 162W TO 07N 162W. MIDDLE TO HIGH CLOUD LAYERS FORMING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES WITHIN 200 MILES OF THE LINE FROM 22N 164W TO 30N 150W AND FURTHER NORTHEAST. LOWER IN THE ATMOSPHERE...A LAYER OF MARINE STRATUS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST BROKE UP INTO FRAGMENTS AND BANDS OF MARINE CUMULUS AND STRATOCUMULUS IN THE CORNER NORTHEAST OF THE CURVE FROM 30N 165W TO 14N 156W TO 12N 140W. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY MOVED TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR...AND ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 9000 FEET...THOUGH A FEW TOWERING CUMULI ALONG THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THIS AREA APPROACHED 22000 FEET. ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...HIGH TO MIDDLE CLOUD LAYERS OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES MOSTLY OVER KAUAI COUNTY...AND PARTLY OVER OAHU. WHERE THEY WERE VISIBLE...LOWER CLOUDS CONSISTED MAINLY OF MARINE STRATOCUMULI AND CUMULI MOVING ASHORE ALONG SLOPES FACING NORTHEAST. LAYERED DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS ON THURSDAY HAD DISSIPATED FOR THE MOST PART. THESE LOWER CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 7000 FEET. RADAR DATA FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS OFFSHORE AROUND MAUI COUNTY AND OAHU...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AT MOST ELSEWHERE. $$ RYSHKO +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.