Saturday, October 2, 2010

Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message

Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:30:00 -0500

Based on data through 0500 UTC October 03 2010.

An upper level low is about 95 miles south of Lihue this evening. This upper low began moving to the west over the last six hours after moving to the northwest previously. High clouds associated with the upper low are passing over the southern shores of Kauai and over Niihau at 7 pm.

The last visible images of the day shows just a few areas of low clouds over the smaller Hawaiian islands. On Kauai, the low clouds were found over the eastern third of the island, and on Oahu, the clouds were found over the Koolau range. A few clouds doted the islands of Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe. On Maui, a few clouds were found over the east facing slopes of the west Maui mountains, with more clouds found over the east through southwest facing slopes of Haleakala.

The most cloud coverage was found over the Big Island with just about the entire island covered. The clouds extended up the slopes to about eleven thousand feet.

Isolated thunderstorms are noted in the ITCZ south of the islands. The eastern area is near 9.5°N 153.9°W. The next area is near 12°N 159°W, and the western area is near 10.9°N 166.7°W.

Hawaii Infrared Satellite image for 0500 UTC
Central Pacific Infrared Satellite image for 0500 UTC


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