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HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE

NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI

1830 UTC SUN MAR 15 2009



BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC MARCH 15 2009



THERE ARE SEVERAL NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST ORIENTED BANDS OF 

CLOUDS ARE ARE MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF THE STATE EARLY THIS SUNDAY 

MORNING. ONE BAND IS PRESENTLY LOCATED ACROSS MAUI COUNTY. THE 

SECOND BAND IS IS OVER EAST OAHU AND A THIRD BAND IS OVER KAUAI. 

CLOUDS ALONG THESE BANDS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 

20 MPH WHILE THE BANDS. THE BANDS OVER OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY ARE 

MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD WHILE THE BAND OVER KAUAI IS MOVING TOWARD 

THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. CLOUD TOPS ALONG THESE BANDS 

ARE UP TO AROUND 14000 FEET. MOST OF KAUAI WAS CLOUDY WHILE OVER 

OAHU SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS ARE MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN END OF 

THE ISLAND WITH JUST A FEW PATCHES OF CLOUD SEEN OVER PORTIONS OF 

THE KOOLAU SLOPES. MOST OF MOLOKAI LANAI AND MAUI WERE CLOUDY. OVER 

THE BIG ISLAND LOW CLOUDS ARE SEEN OVER THE MIDDLE KONA SLOPES WITH 

A FEW PATCHES SEEN OVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF MAUNA KEA AND 

SOUTHEAST KAU SLOPES. 



A WEAKENING SURFACE LOW IS CENTERED ABOUT 350 MILES TO THE WEST 

NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. THE LOW IS DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTH. A 

SMALL AREA OF DEEP CONVECTION IS SEEN JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LOW 

LEVEL CENTER. A SMALL AREA OF DEEP CONVECTION IS ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 

200 MILES TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND.



WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LOW IS CENTERED ABOUT 400 MILES 

TO THE NORTH OF OAHU. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT IN THE 

NORTH AND EAST QUADRANTS OF THE LOW. 



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