Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:30:00 -0600
Based on data through 0000 UTC December 05 2010.
Low clouds over the smaller islands have generally thinned since daybreak. At 2 pm, just a few clouds were over Niihau, Kauai and Oahu. Clouds remain over Halawa Valley on Molokai, but have decreased in areal coverage over the last several hours. Just a few clouds are found over Lanai and Kahoolawe at 2 pm. On Maui, clouds remain over the east facing slopes of the west Maui mountains, but have thinned a bit since daybreak. Similarly, clouds have thinned over the east facing slopes of Haleakala, while a few clouds have formed over the northwest facing slopes of Haleakala.
On the Big Island, clouds remain over the east facing slopes of the Kohala mountains, and over the north Hilo, south Hilo and Puna districts. A small batch of clouds is noted upslope of Punaluu and Hawaiian ocean view estates in the Kau district at 2 pm. Low clouds increased over the south Kona and north Kona districts, with mostly cloudy skies overhead at 2 pm.
Water vapor imagery shows the upper level low to the northeast of the islands to be near 33.4°N 136.3°W, about 1560 miles northeast of Honolulu at 2 pm. The associated upper level trough axis has shifted south of the Big Island. The trough axis lies along a rough line from 29°N 129°W to 17°N 154°W.
A low pressure system near the dateline continues to spark thunderstorms between 170°W and the dateline.
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