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ATHW40 PHFO 170527
SIMHI 

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC SAT MAY 17 2008

BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0500 UTC MAY 17 2008

MOST OF THE ISLANDS ARE COVERED WITH BROKEN LOW CLOUDS THIS EVENING 
DUE TO SEA BREEZES AND DAYTIME HEATING. THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE BROKEN 
SKIES ARE THE NORTH SHORE OF MAUI WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AND THE 
SUMMITS OF HALEAKALA...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA WHICH HAVE CLEAR 
SKIES. A 75 MILE RAGGED CLOUD BAND IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF KAUAI 
AND EXTENDS 400 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND 600 MILES TO THE EAST 
NORTHEAST. THE BAND BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED WELL NORTHEAST OF THE 
STATE WITH OVERCAST CUMULUS AND EMBEDDED TOWERING CUMULUS AS IT 
EXTENDS NORTHWARD OVER 30N 145W. 

THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE STATE AND CLOUD MOTION 
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC REFLECTS THE POSITION OF THE RIDGE. TO 
THE SOUTH OF THE RIDGE...BETWEEN 10N AND 20N...SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS 
ARE MOVING GENERALLY WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. NORTH OF THE 
RIDGE...BETWEEN 22N AND 30N...SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING TOWARD 
THE WEST BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. LOW CLOUDS ARE A MIX OF STRATUS AND 
STRATOCUMULUS NEAR 140W WHILE WEST OF 155W LOW CLOUDS ARE 
STRATOCUMULUS AND CUMULUS. 

ALONG 30N SOME HIGH CLOUDS GENERATED BY A FRONT TO THE NORTH ARE 
PUSHING TO THE SOUTH AS FAR AS 28N.    

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MORRISON