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ATHW40 PHFO 231823
SIMHI 

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
1830 UTC SUN NOV 23 2008

BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC NOVEMBER 23 2008

THE ISLANDS REMAIN COVERED BY MULTI-LAYERED CLOUDS. UPON CLOSE 
INSPECTION...ONE CAN SEE SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WITH TOPS 
FROM 6000 TO 7000 FEET MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. BROKEN TO 
OVERCAST MID CLOUDS WITH TOPS FROM 17000 TO 20000 FEET ARE SEEN 
MOVING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. FINALLY...SCATTERED TO 
BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS WITH TOPS FROM 30000 TO 35000 FEET ARE MOVING TO 
THE NORTH AT 30 MPH NORTH OF KAUAI AND TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 
MPH SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. 

THE AREA OF VERY COLD CLOUD TOPS SEEN ON INFRARED IMAGERY ABOUT 100 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND IS NOT A THUNDERSTORM...BUT IS 
RATHER DEBRIS CLOUDS BLOWN OFF THE TOP OF A THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS 
FAR SOUTH OF KAUAI SEVERAL HOURS AGO. THE ONLY THUNDERSTORMS NOTICED 
WERE LOCATED 400 TO 500 MILES SOUTH OF KAUAI IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY 
13N AND 16N BETWEEN 158W AND 163W.

ALL OF THE ABOVE LAYERED CLOUDS AS WELL AS THE THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR 
SOUTH ARE HERE THANKS TO A MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED ABOUT 
250 MILES WEST OF KAUAI. THE LOW IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 
15 MPH...AND WITH EACH MILE IT MOVES AWAY FROM US...THE DRIER ISLAND 
SKIES ARE BECOMING.

UNORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO POP ALONG THE 
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE SOUTH OF HAWAII. MOST OF THE DEEP 
CONVECTION IS LOCATED FROM 05N TO 09N BETWEEN 132W AND 160W.

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CRAIG