Menu of Text Products for the Hawaiian Islands and the Tropical Pacific/Atlantic Oceans: Select a text product: Hawaiian Islands Synoptic Discussion and Guidance Hawaiian Islands 7-day Zone Forecast Flash Flood Statement Urgent Weather Message Special Marine Warning Terminal Aerodome Foreasts (TAFS) Area Forecast for Hawaii and Adjacent Coastal Waters AIRMETs for IFR Conditions, Turbulence, and Icing Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpetation Message Oahu Surf Observation and Forecast/Coastal Forecast for Hawaiian Waters Offshore Forecast for Hawaiian Waters North Pacific High Seas Forecast South Pacific High Seas Forecast Hawaiian Islands Automated Surface Observation System Hourly Weather Roundup Hawaiian Islands Wind Data Hawaiian Islands Rainfall Summary East Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook West Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook 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 898 ATHW40 PHFO 240500 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC FRI MAY 24 2013 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0430 UTC MAY 24 2013 LOW CLOUD CEILINGS ARE PREVALENT OVER COASTAL AND LOWER UPSLOPE SECTIONS OF THE HILO...PUNA...KAU...AND KONA DISTRICTS ON THE BIG ISLAND THIS EARLY EVENING. MORE BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDINESS EXISTS IN THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST AREAS OF EAST MAUI. ELSEWHERE SKIES ARE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW CLOUD MOTION IS FROM THE EAST TO EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN...WITH SPEEDS DECREASING FROM EAST TO WEST. THE LEADING EDGE OF A NORTH-TO-SOUTH ORIENTED BAND OF BROKEN LOW CLOUDS...A MIX OF STABLE AND SHOWERY ELEMENTS...IS ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AS OF BULLETIN TIME...AND IS HEADING WEST TO WEST-SOUTHWEST WITH THE PREVAILING TRADE FLOW. A SMALLER CLUSTER OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS IS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF MAUI...AND JUST NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. CONDITIONS ARE OTHERWISE CLEAR TO SCATTERED OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT FAR NORTHWEST FROM KAUAI ARE AFFECTING MIDWAY ATOLL. THE BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY WEST OF MIDWAY AS THE SURFACE WINDS AT THE SITE ARE FROM THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH. THE FRONT APPEARS TO BE HEADING EAST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH ALONG 30N. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII. THE MOST ACTIVE CELLS ARE IGNITING FROM 06N TO 09N BETWEEN 141W AND 146W AS OF THIS WRITING. MORE CONVECTION IS LOCATED FROM 05N TO 08N BETWEEN 163 AND 168W. $$ KINEL 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