Between 04-07 February 2001, a Kona low (a Hawaiian name for subtropical cyclones) developed approximately 500nm northeast of the Hawaiian Islands. This system was tracked by the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) Meteorological Satellite (METSAT) Applications Branch using the Hebert/Poteat Analysis Method (Hebert/Poteat 1975). Surface wind data from the NASA Quikscat satellite was employed operationally to further fine-tune AFWA's manually produced analyses. This presentation will demonstrate the practical utility of NASA Quikscat data fields, including examples of subtropcial cyclones for other ocean basins. Cross-comparisons will be made between the NASA Quickscat wind field and similar data sets from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I).