Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:30:00 -0600
Based on data through 0000 UTC November 12 2010.
Water vapor imagery shows an upper level trough is centered about 300 miles to the west and southwest of Kauai. The trough has been nearly stationary over the past 12 hours. A broad swath of high cirrus clouds are being drawn up from the south on the east side of this upper trough. A good size portion of these high clouds are moving over the main Hawaiian islands. The thickest cloud elements are presently moving over the Big Island while the clouds are a little thinner over the central and west end of the state.
Low cloud coverage over the main Hawaiian islands was primarily covering typical windward and mauka areas. Over Kauai low clouds are covering most windward and interior sections of the island. Over Oahu low clouds are baned up over the slopes and summits of the Koolau range with only patches of low clouds seen over the Waianae slopes and nearby leeward areas. Just a few patches of low clouds are seen over eastern Molokai and interior Lanai. Over Maui a few patches of low clouds are seen over the northern and eastern slopes of Haleakala with a bit more cloud coverage over the slopes and summits of the west Maui mountains. Over the Big Island patches of low clouds are present over portions of the windward slopes from north Kohala southward through the Hilo and Puna districts. Daytime heating has caused low clouds to build up over portions of the Kona and leeward Kohala slopes with a few patches of low clouds seen over the Kau slopes.
Just to the east of the state lies an area of clouds that have a showery appearance to them. The leading edge of these clouds is presently just east of the Big Island. Further upwind of the state lies a broad field of broken stratocumulus clouds that are moving westward at around 20 mph.
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