Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, February 20, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly clear. Lows mid 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Highs lower to mid 80s. Winds trades 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday and Sunday, mostly cloudy with windward showers. Monday, fair leeward, showers windward. Lows near 70. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, mostly clear. Tomorrow, sunny except for some afternoon clouds. Winds trades 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, isolated showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, isolated morning showers. WInds mostly trades 10-20 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, sunny morning, partly cloudy afternoon with a few upslope showers. Winds light and variable.

Marine advisories

There is a ridge 300 nautical miles north of Honolulu nearly stationary.

There are no warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft. Fair except brief morning showers.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft.

Volcano

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory instruments continue to show no underground activity in the Kilauea area.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport

Yesterday's high was record - 85°F

Previous record high 1995 - 84°F

Average February high - 81°F

Today's low - 71°F

Record low 1990 - 58°F

Average February low - 65 °F

Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 78 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport

Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - Zero

Actual so far this month - Trace

Normal so far this month - 1.65 in.

Actual so far this year - 6.92 in.

Normal so far this year - 5.20 in.

Surf forecast

Today - Tomw -

Ala Moana - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.

Makaha - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.

Sunset Beach - 2-5ft. - 2-5ft.

Makapuu - 2-3ft. - 2-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:32 p.m. tonight

Sunrise - 6:58 a.m. tomorrow

Moonrise - 5:28 p.m. today

Moonset - 6:27 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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