Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:30:00 -0500
Based on data through 1800 UTC October 20 2010.
Water vapor imagery shows an upper level trough over the main Hawaiian islands this morning, which helped to spark some thunderstorms to the east and south of the Big Island. During the pre-dawn hours. Thunderstorms continue to be found at the southern end of the trough and in the ITCZ centered around 10°N. The most active area of thunderstorms are found along a line from 10°N 132°W to 10°N 145°W with cloud tops reaching near 55 thousand feet.
Low clouds upstream of the main Hawaiian islands are moving in from the east between 10 and 15 mph. Most low clouds are found upstream of Oahu to the Big Island, than upstream of Kauai and the Kauai channel. Low clouds are concentrated over the east sides of the islands at 8 am.
On Kauai, a few clouds are found over the eastern third of the island, with skies virtually cloud free over Niihau. On Oahu, low clouds are found over the Koolau range and over the adjacent coast. Low clouds are found over the Halawa Valley on eastern Molokai, with additional clouds found over the western portion of the island as well. On Lanai, clouds are found over the north facing slopes. On Maui, clouds cover the east facing slopes of the west Maui mountains, and are found along the north through east facing slopes of Haleakala from kanaha beach park to Hana to Kipahulu.
On the Big Island, clouds are thickest of the east facing slopes of the Kohala mountains from Hawi to Paauilo. Additional clouds are found over the lower slopes from Laupahoehoe to Cape Kumukahi and inland in the Puna district to the Mountain View area.
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