Menu of Text Products for the Hawaiian Islands and the Tropical Pacific/Atlantic Oceans: Select a text product: Special Marine Warning 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 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 361 ATHW40 PHFO 230544 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC THU MAY 23 2013 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC MAY 23 2013 INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY AND ANIMATION SHOWS THE CLOUDINESS OVER EACH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IS BEGINNING TO CLEAR OUT. THESE CLOUDS ARE THE RESULT OF DAYTIME HEATING...LIGHT WIND...AND AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THERE ARE A FEW LINGER SHOWERS OUT THERE AT SUNSET AFFECTING THE SMALLER ISLANDS. WEATHER RADAR HAS SPOTTED A FEW SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL OAHU AND A PORTION OF WINDWARD OAHU BETWEEN WAIHOLE AND LAIE. RADAR IS ALSO PICKING UP ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE ULUPALAKUA AREA OF MAUI...AND OVER KAHOOLAWE. A LOW LEVEL WIND ANALYSIS WITHIN 500 MILES OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SHOWS SEVERAL TROUGHS AND AN OVERALL WEAK WIND FLOW TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS. THESE TROUGHS ARE PROHIBITING THE TRADE WINDS IN MAKING A QUICK RETURN TO THE ISLANDS. A STURDIER TRADE WIND FLOW LIES JUST TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS WIND FLOW HAS BROUGHT IN A FEW SHOWERS TO THE PUNA AND KAU DISTRICTS OF THE BIG ISLAND IN PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. WEATHER RADAR IS ALSO PICKING UP A DEVELOPING SHOWER JUST TO THE EAST OF KEAUHOU LOCATED ON THE KONA SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND. HILO ALSO HAD A SHOWER DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING IN THE PAST HOUR. ELSEWHERE...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND ANIMATION SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW 860 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AT 25N173W. IT HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH DURING THE PAST 8 HOURS. ASIDE FOR AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH 350 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND FROM 18N150W TO 11N155W...IT IS BASICALLY AN WEST SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW ALOFT OVER THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AREA. THE TROPICS SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IS FREE OF ANY DEEP CONVECTION. $$ LAU 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