Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:30:00 -0600
Based on data through 0000 UTC December 28 2010.
A deep upper level trough is evident on water vapor around 700 miles west northwest of Kauai at 2 pm. Layered clouds continue to blanket the area east of the trough. These layered clouds cover the smaller main Hawaiian islands this afternoon. Through visible satellite loops, it would appear that most of the clouds over Maui this afternoon are high clouds, but the clouds are thick enough to obscure lower clouds underneath. High clouds stream over the Big Island as well this afternoon, partially obscuring the lower clouds beneath. Through the use of satellite loops and thin spots in the high clouds, low clouds appear to be concentrated over the southeast facing slopes of the Kau and Puna districts.
Embedded thunderstorms are found within the layered clouds west of Molokai. Thunderstorm tops are reaching near 45000 feet. The clouds within the layered clouds are moving from the south southwest, yet the band as a whole has not moved much to the east or west in the last six hours. Low clouds east of the Big Island continue to move from the southeast around 20 mph.
Shortly after sunrise, a relative break was noted between the band over Kauai and Oahu and the next band to the northwest. Over the last six hours the clouds have filled in.
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