Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:30:00 -0600
Based on data through 1200 UTC January 22 2011.
Most of the broken to overcast clouds that were draped over the islands six hours ago have dissipated, leaving Oahu and the Maui county islands under mostly clear skies. Skies over Kauai have not cleared out, with scattered to broken low clouds extending NW to SE across the island.
The Big Island, excluding the clear skies over the interior above 8000 feet, has broken to overcast low clouds over north and east facing lower slopes and adjacent waters, and scattered to broken low clouds over south and east facing lower slopes and adjacent waters.
A 75 mile wide band of broken low clouds that was about 200 miles northeast of the state six hours ago has move to the west. The leading edge of the cloud band is about 40 miles northeast of Hilo and about 60 miles northeast of Kahului. The cloud band, as well as all of the solitary clouds is moving to the west at 20 mph. Cloud tops are near 8000 feet on the Big Island end, and 4500 feet over the Kauai end of the island chain.
The two weak fronts northwest of the islands six hours ago are now down to one weak and one almost dissipated front. The leading edge of the closest front is about 600 miles northwest of Kauai and moving to the southeast. Broken to overcast cumulus and towering cumulus clouds make up the 175 mile wide band that is the front. With a little bit of imagination, the second front consists of a thin line of low clouds about 900 mile northwest of Kauai.
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