043
ATHW40 PHFO 090530
SIMHI
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC WED JUL 09 2008
BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC JULY 09 2008
TO THE NORTHWEST...THIN LAYERED HIGH TO MIDDLE CLOUDS ASSOCIATED
WITH A FRONT FURTHER NORTH OBSCURED LOWER FEATURES OVER MIDWAY
ISLAND AND SURROUNDING WATERS NORTH OF THE CURVE FROM 26N 180 TO 28N
172W TO 29N 165W TO 30N 165W.
TO THE SOUTH...LIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN THE ITCZ
BETWEEN ABOUT 08N AND THE EQUATOR...MOSTLY WEST OF 153W.
CLOSER TO THE SOUTHEAST...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE DEBRIS CLOUDS
CONSTITUTING THE REMNANTS OF FORMER TROPICAL CYCLONE BORIS WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILO. THIS FEATURE AS A WHOLE
MOVED TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH
THIS DEFUNCT SYSTEM LACKED DEEP CONVECTION...BANDS OF SHOWERY LOW
CLOUDS OCCUPIED THE AREA BOUNDED BY 19N 149W...16N 144W...14N
145W...15N 152W...AND 17N 152W.
OTHERWISE...CLOUD COVER ACROSS HAWAIIAN WATERS CONSISTED OF A FAIRLY
TYPICAL MIX OF CUMULUS...STRATOCUMULUS...AND STRATUS CLOUDS. THE
STRATUS LAYERS WERE LIMITED MAINLY TO NORTH OF 20N AND EAST OF
150W...WHILE THE CUMULI TENDED TO OCCUR WEST OF 160W. THESE CLOUDS
INCREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE FROM WEST TO EAST. THEY GENERALLY MOVED
TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST...SOUTHWEST...OR WEST SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO
15 MILES AN HOUR...AND ROSE TO HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 8000 FEET...THOUGH
THE TALLEST CUMULI APPROACHED 17000 FEET.
ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...CLOUD COVER CONSISTED MOSTLY OF
DAYTIME CUMULUS BUILDUPS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DEBRIS CLOUDS ALONG
SOUTHWEST SLOPES...AND A FEW NORTHEAST SLOPES. MARINE CLOUDS MOVING
ASHORE ALONG NORTHEAST SLOPES CONTRIBUTED VERY LITTLE. AREAS WITH
THE GREATEST CLOUD COVER INCLUDED CENTRAL KAUAI...A THIN STRIP ALONG
THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE KOOLAU RANGE ON OAHU...THE WAIANAE RANGE
ON OAHU...SOUTHWEST SLOPES OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...LOWER TO MIDDLE
SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND ALONG THE HAMAKUA COAST...AND MOST LOWER TO
MIDDLE ELEVATIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND SOUTHWEST OF THE LINE FROM PUAKO
IN SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICT TO THE SADDLE BETWEEN THE TWO MAIN PEAKS TO
KEAUHOU LANDING IN KAU DISTRICT. THESE CLOUDS GENERALLY ROSE TO
HEIGHTS OF 6000 TO 10000 FEET...THOUGH TOWERING CUMULI ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND APPROACHED 21000 FEET. RADAR DATA
FROM NEAR THE ISLANDS SHOWED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN OFF THE SOUTHEAST
THROUGH SOUTHWEST COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS
OVER SOUTHWEST MAUI...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AT MOST ELSEWHERE.
RYSHKO
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