Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, February 17, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

The high surf alert for the northwest shore was canceled this morning. Fair tonight, low near 70. Mostly sunny tomorrow, high near 80. Trades 15-25 mph.

Extended forecast

Wednesday: Partly cloudy, showers. Thursday, Friday: Mostly sunny. Trades 10-20 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

The high surf alert for northwest shores was canceled this morning.
Fair tonight and mostly sunny tomorrow except some isolated showers. Trades 10-20 mph increasing to 15-25 tomorrow.

Big Island

High surf advisory, northwest facing shores, canceled.
Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo, Puna: Partly cloudy, brief showers, tonight and tomorrow.
Leeward Kohala, Kona, Kau: Clearing tonight, sunny tomorrow morning, then partly cloudy afternoon with showers over the higher slopes.
Trades increasing to 15-25 mph tomorrow.

Marine advisories

The high surf advisory for all northwest shores was canceled at 8 a.m. today.
Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet, a few windward showers.
Channels between the islands: Tonight and tomorrow, East winds 25 knots, seas 12 feet.

Volcano

No lava activity. No red lava viewing.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 83 °F
Record high 1978 - 86 °F
Average Feb.high - 81°F
Today's low - 65°F
Record low1986 - 56°F
Average Feb. 6 low - 5 °F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 93 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - Zero
Actual so far this month - trace in.
Normal so far this month - 1.43 in.
Actual so far this year - 6.92 in.
Normal so far this year - 4.98 in.

Surf forecast

(Today - Tomw)
Ala Moana - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.
Makaha - 4-8ft. - 2-5ft.
Sunset Beach - 10-14 ft. - 4-8ft.
Makapuu - 2-4ft. - 2-4ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:30 p.m. tonight
Sunrise - 7:00 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 2:59 p.m. today
Moonset - 4:21 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Full Feb. 22, last qtr. March 1, new March 8. (Courtesy of Bishop Musum Planetarium)

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