|
|
 |
|
|
Menu of Text Products for the Hawaiian Islands and the Tropical Pacific/Atlantic Oceans:
|
Narrow the Menu List
Select Time Limit: 12 hours | 24 hours | 48 hours | 72 hours | No time limit
Select Product Type: All | Routine Bulletins/FCSTS | Warnings/Watches/Advisories | HAWN Weather | Tropical | Marine | Aviation | Daily Obs | Special |
 |
Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpetation Message
955
ATHW40 PHFO 190020
SIMHI
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
0030 UTC WED JUN 19 2013
BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC JUNE 19 2013
A LOW LEVEL RIDGE RUNNING JUST NORTH OF 30N IS DRIVING A TRADE WIND
FLOW OVER ALMOST THE ENTIRE REGION WHILE UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING IS
EXERTING A MODEST INFLUENCE.
NEAR THE ISLANDS...MAINLY SCATTERED CUMULUS AND STRATOCUMULUS
CLOUDS ARE TRAVELLING WITHIN THE TRADE WIND FLOW FROM THE EAST
AROUND 25 MPH...THOUGH A SMALL CLUSTER OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS IS NOTED
JUST NORTHEAST OF MAUI. CUMULUS CLOUD TOPS ARE GENERALLY AROUND 10C
RANGE...WHICH CORRESPONDS TO 7000 TO 8000 FT. BROKEN LOW CLOUDS
COVER TYPICAL WINDWARD SLOPES OF ALL ISLANDS...WITH LOCALLY BROKEN
CONDITIONS SPILLING OVER TO LEEWARD SECTIONS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS.
BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED ALONG THE LEEWARD
SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND AND UPCOUNTRY MAUI. THE CLOUD FIELD
AFFECTING THE STATE EXTENDS SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE BIG
ISLAND THEN RAPIDLY TRANSITIONS INTO AN INCREASINGLY STABLE FIELD OF
BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS EAST OF 148W.
A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS STRETCHES ALONG
30N156W...24N163W...21N170W...AND 22N180. A 400 MILE-WIDE BAND OF
SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS RUNS ALONG THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE
UPPER TROUGH AND IS SKIRTING JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE UPPER
TROUGH IS ALSO GENERATING A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS
TO 43000 FT ABOUT 600 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI NEAR 19N169W.
THE TRADE WIND FLOW HAS BEEN DISRUPTED ACROSS MIDWAY ATOLL AS
A WEAK LOW AND FRONT PASS NORTH OF 30N. TOWERING CUMULUS CELLS
OBSERVED NEAR THE ATOLL THIS MORNING HAVE DISSIPATED...LEAVING FEW
TO SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS WITH TOPS TO 13000 FT.
TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE...THE ITCZ IS CONFINED SOUTH OF 10N AND
REMAINS RATHER ACTIVE.
$$
DWROE
Bulletins, Forecasts and Observations are courtesy of Honolulu National Weather Service Forecast Office
|
|
This page is maintained voluntarily by the MKWC and the UHMET faculty, staff, and students.
It was last modified on: Tue, Sep 21 2010 - 2314 UTC
Send comments to: Ryan Lyman
|
|
