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ATHW40 PHFO 061840
SIMHI 

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
1830 UTC MON FEB 06 2012

BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1800 UTC FEBRUARY 06 2012

LOW CLOUDS LINGERING OVER THE ISLANDS ARE PART OF WEAK FRONTAL BAND 
ACROSS THE REGION. THE CLOUDS ARE THICKEST ABOUT 45 MILES TO THE 
NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS FROM OAHU TO MAUI. LOW CLOUDS OVER THE 
PUNA DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND ARE PART OF THE TRAILING END OF THE 
LARGEST CLOUD BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAK FRONTAL BAND. 

A SMALLER...LESS DEFINED AREA OF CLOUDS IS FOUND ON THE SOUTH SIDE 
OF LANAI...MOLOKAI AND OAHU AT 8 AM. THIS AREA EXTENDS MORE THAN 400 
MILES TO THE WEST OF THE ISLANDS. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING FROM THE 
SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH. 

THE CLOUDS ARE BRUSHING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF KAUAI...WHILE 
CLOUDS COVER THE SOUTH SHORE OF OAHU...ALONG WITH THE WEST SIDE OF 
THE ISLAND. THE LOW CLOUDS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS MOLOKAI...COVERING 
MOST OF THE ISLAND AT 8 AM. ON LANAI...CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER THE 
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ISLAND. MAUI HAS CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTHERN 
FACING SLOPES AND ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS. 
ADDITIONAL CLOUDS ARE FOUND ALONG THE COAST FROM HANA TO KIPAPA ON 
THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF HALEAKALA. JUST A FEW CLOUDS ARE FOUND OVER 
THE BIG ISLAND...ASIDE FROM THE CLOUDS MENTIONED ABOVE OVER THE PUNA 
DISTRICT.

ANOTHER FRONT IS FAR NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE 
CLOUD BAND ALONG THE FRONT IS ABOUT 830 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AT 
8 AM.

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