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Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpetation Message

623
ATHW40 PHFO 191200
SIMHI

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
1200 UTC WED JUN 19 2013

BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1130 UTC JUNE 19 2013

LOW CLOUDS...SOME WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS...ARE MAINLY CONCENTRATED
OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA SECTIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL ISLES THIS EARLY
MORNING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE ON THE BIG ISLAND...IN
WINDWARD EAST MAUI...AND OVER THE KOOLAU RANGE ON OAHU. LOW CEILINGS
ARE ALSO PREVALENT OVER COASTAL AND UPSLOPE AREAS OF KONA ON THE BIG
ISLAND...AND...FROM TIME TO TIME...IN LEEWARD PORTIONS OF THE
SMALLER ISLES AND WEST MAUI. LOW CLOUD MOVEMENT IS FROM THE EAST TO
SLIGHTLY NORTH OF EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE ALOHA STATE.

IMMEDIATELY NORTH CLOCKWISE THROUGH SOUTHEAST...AND JUST WEST...OF
THE BIG ISLAND ARE BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS. BROKEN SHOWERY
LOW CLOUDS ARE PASSING BY NORTH OF OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY. AND PLUME
CLOUDINESS IS PRODUCING CEILINGS SOUTH OF OAHU...AND SOUTHWEST AND
WEST OF KAUAI. SKIES ARE CLEAR TO SCATTERED ELSEWHERE OVER THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

AN UPPER TROUGH...ABOVE 25 THOUSAND FEET...HAS CHANGED VERY LITTLE
OVER THE PAST SEVEN HOURS...ACCORDING TO THE LATEST WATER VAPOR
IMAGES. IT IS ORIENTED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST...AND ITS AXIS IS
ALONG A LINE FROM 30N155W TO 23N163W TO 20N173W. A JET STREAM IS
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE TROUGH...AND ITS AXIS IS ROUGHLY ALONG A
LINE FROM 20N180 TO 16N170W TO 17N160W TO A POINT ABOUT 100 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND TO 26N150W. THE JET IS CARRYING VARIOUS
AMOUNTS OF CIRRUS CLOUDS AS IT HEADS EAST AND THEN NORTHEAST.

CONVECTION CONTINUES TO ROIL THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL
CONVERGENCE ZONE FAR SOUTH OF HAWAII. MOST OF THESE UNORGANIZED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED FROM 05N TO 10.5N BETWEEN 140W
AND 166W.

$$

KINEL



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