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ATHW40 PHFO 240038
SIMHI 

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
0030 UTC WED NOV 24 2004

BASED ON DATA THROUGH 0000 UTC NOVEMBER 24 2004

THE LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 
THE ISLANDS HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. A 
HINT OF A CLOSED CIRCULATION IS NOTED NEAR 23N 158W...ABOUT 120 
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HONOLULU AT 1 PM. THE ASSOCIATED UPPER 
LEVEL TROUGH HAS AN AXIS THROUGH 23N 158W TO 18N 156W. THIS 
MORNING...THE UPPER TROUGH WAS ORIENTED ALMOST DUE NORTH TO SOUTH. 
THIS AFTERNOON...THE UPPER TROUGH IS BEGINNING TO TILT TO BECOME 
MORE NORTH NORTHWEST TO SOUTH SOUTHEAST ORIENTED. WHAT REMAINS OF 
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS DRIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST.

THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS BRINGING MOISTURE OVER THE BIG ISLAND AND 
AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS AFTERNOON... 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND WITH TOPS 
REACHING NEAR 44 THOUSAND FEET. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE WITHIN 80 
MILES OF A LINE FROM 16.8N 156.5W TO 15.8N 151.7W TO 19.5N 149.4W. 
THE CLOSEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH POINT ON 
THE BIG ISLAND. 

TOWERING CUMULUS OVER KAUAI HAVE TOPS REACHING 18 THOUSAND FEET 
THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED BETWEEN MAUNA LOA AND 
MAUNA KEA ON THE BIG ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOPS REACHING NEAR 
25 THOUSAND FEET. CLOUDS ARE BUILDING OVER THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF 
ALL THE ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH FEW CLOUDS OVER THE WATERS 
SURROUNDING THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 

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M BALLARD