Menu of Text Products for the Hawaiian Islands and the Tropical Pacific/Atlantic Oceans: Select a text product: Hawaiian Islands Synoptic Discussion and Guidance Hawaiian Islands Short Term Forecast Hawaiian Islands 7-day Zone Forecast Urgent Weather Message Marine Weather Statement/High Surf Advisory/Warning Special Marine Warning Radar Message Special Messages Terminal Aerodome Foreasts (TAFS) Area Forecast for Hawaii and Adjacent Coastal Waters AIRMETs for IFR Conditions, Turbulence, and Icing Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpetation Message 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 Hawaiian Islands Automated Surface Observation System Hourly Weather Roundup Hawaiian Islands Wind Data Hawaiian Islands Rainfall Summary Daily Hawaii Cooperative Observations East Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook West Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook 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 581 ATHW40 PHFO 220030 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 0030 UTC WED MAY 22 2013 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC MAY 22 2013 THE CENTER OF AN UPPER LOW NEAR 30N 156W IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AS THUNDERSTORMS FIRE ALONG THE INNER NORTHEAST SEMICIRCLE OF CIRCULATION. OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS COVER THE BROADER NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE LOW AS FAR EAST AS 148W...AND AS FAR SOUTH AS 28N. OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS EXTEND SOUTHWEST FROM 28N 150W STOPPING JUST SHORT OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WITH AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 300 MILES. THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW IS NEAR 28N 169W...OFFSET FROM THE UPPER LOW ABOUT 250 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST. OVERCAST TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE FOUND EAST OF THE LOW PRESSURE BETWEEN 140W AND 150W FROM 20N TO 30N. LOW CLOUDS IN THIS AREA ARE MOVING WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. WEST OF 160W...SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING WEST AND SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS ARE PUSHING OVER THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM MIDWAY TO LISIANSKI ISLAND. THESE CLOUDS ARE PUSHING EASTWARD WITH THE AID OF A STRONG MID AND UPPER LEVEL JET. AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER HAWAII HAS BROUGHT CLOUDS AND LIMITED SHOWERS TO MOST ISLAND AREAS. EXCEPTIONS ARE THE SOUTH SHORES OF THE STATE WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW PUSHING CLOUDS TO THE NORTH...AND THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS WHERE A WEAK TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS KEEPING LOW CLOUDS FROM REACHING THE PEAKS. $$ MORRISON 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