Friday, December 31, 2010

Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message

Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:30:00 -0600

Based on data through 0500 UTC January 01 2011.

Water vapor shows a north northeast to south southwest oriented upper level trough about 675 miles northwest of Kauai at 7 pm. Layered clouds along the east side of the trough have embedded thunderstorms with tops reaching near 45000 feet. The leading edge of these layered clouds are about 335 miles northwest of Kauai this evening. High clouds are passing over the central islands in the upper level wind flow. These high clouds extend more than 1000 miles to the northeast of the islands.

The last visible images of the day shows just a few clouds over Kauai and Niihau. Broken clouds are found over the Koolau and Waianae ranges, with a few clouds elsewhere over Oahu. Scattered low clouds are found over Molokai and Lanai, with skies cloud free over Kahoolawe. Several areas of clouds were noted over Maui, over the east facing slopes of the west Maui mountains, and over the lower slopes of Haleakala. On the Big Island, .clouds were plentiful over the lower slopes from Honokaa to Cape Kumukahi to South Point to Waikoloa Village.

Low clouds near the Big Island are moving from the east around 15 mph. Near Kauai, low clouds are moving from the south between 10 and 15 mph.

Isolated thunderstorms are noted in two areas of the ITCZ far south of the islands this evening. The first area is near 8.4°N 151.8°W with tops near 44000 feet. The second area is near 7.5°N 160.2°W with tops near 42000 feet.

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


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