Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:30:00 -0600
Based on data through 0000 UTC November 24 2010.
Water vapor imagery shows the central Pacific dominated by an upper level ridge. The ridge axis extends west southwest to east northeast across the main Hawaiian islands, with the effects of the ridge covering the area from 30°N to 10°N between 145°W and 175°W. An upper level jet is crossing the dateline near Midway atoll and points west towards a deep upper level trough located farther to the west near 170°E.
A deck of layered clouds covers the northwest corner of the area north and west of a line from 30°N 172°W to 25°N 180°. The location of this cloud deck has moved little over the past six hours. Isolated embedded thunderstorms are located within this area stretching within 30 miles of a line from 30°N 177°W to 28°N 180° crossing about 30 miles southeast of Midway atoll. The highest cloud tops are near 48000 feet with these storms.
Over the main Hawaiian islands, cloud patterns are consistent with an afternoon light trade wind pattern. Broken low clouds are located over all of the lower slopes of the Big Island below 8000 feet, with the exception of clear skies over the area from Kamuela to Kawaihae and the area from Kilauea Volcano southward to Apua Point. Broken low clouds are also over the southern through western flanks of Haleakala extending southwest across the coastal waters to Kahoolawe. Another batch of broken low clouds covers the west Maui mountains, interior of Lanai, and the western third of Molokai. A narrow band of low clouds is emerging off the southwest corner of Molokai extending 10 miles across the leeward coastal waters. Scattered low clouds are found over the interiors of Oahu and Kauai. Over the windward coastal waters scattered to broken low clouds prevail, with only a few clouds over leeward waters. The clouds in areas free of terrain are moving to the west at about 15 mph over the coastal waters.
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