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Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpetation Message
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ATHW40 PHFO 181829
SIMHI
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
1830 UTC TUE JUN 18 2013
BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC JUNE 18 2013
A LOW LEVEL RIDGE RUNNING JUST NORTH OF 30N IS DRIVING A TRADE WIND
FLOW OVER THE ENTIRE REGION WHILE UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING IS EXERTING
A MODEST INFLUENCE WEST OF 150W.
NEAR THE ISLANDS...SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS AND STRATOCUMULUS
CLOUDS ARE MOVING WITHIN THE TRADE WIND FLOW FROM THE EAST AT 25 TO
30 MPH. CUMULUS CLOUD TOPS ARE GENERALLY IN THE 6-8C RANGE...WHICH
CORRESPONDS TO 9000 TO 10000 FT. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER TYPICAL
WINDWARD SLOPES OF ALL ISLANDS...WITH LOCALLY BROKEN CONDITIONS
SPILLING OVER TO LEEWARD SECTIONS OF KAUAI AND OAHU AS WELL AS THE
WINDWARD KAU SLOPES ON THE BIG ISLAND. THE CLOUD FIELD AFFECTING THE
STATE EXTENDS SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND THEN
RAPIDLY TRANSITIONS INTO A VERY STABLE FIELD OF BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS
CLOUDS EAST OF 150W.
A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS STRETCHES ALONG
30N155W...25N160W...21N170W...AND 21N180. A WEAK EMBEDDED UPPER
LEVEL LOW CENTERED ABOUT 190 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI NEAR 25N160W IS
DRIFTING TO THE NORTH AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. A 500 TO 600 MILE-WIDE
BAND OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS RUNS ALONG THE EASTERN FLANK
OF THE UPPER TROUGH. THIS CLOUD BAND IS SKIRTING JUST EAST OF THE
BIG ISLAND AND HAS DECREASED IN COVERAGE SLIGHTLY IN THE PAST 12
HOURS. THE UPPER TROUGH IS ALSO GENERATING A SMALL CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 43000 FT ABOUT 525 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KAUAI NEAR 19N167W.
THE TRADE WIND FLOW HAS SHIFTED NORTHEASTERLY ACROSS MIDWAY ATOLL AS
A WEAK FRONT PASSES NORTH OF 30N. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TOWERING
CUMULUS CELLS NEAR THE ATOLL RISE BETWEEN 15000 TO 20000 FT.
TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE...THE ITCZ IS CONFINED SOUTH OF 10N AND
REMAINS RATHER ACTIVE.
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DWROE
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