Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, February 26, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight and tomorrow, mostly cloudy and showery, some locally heavy. Lows upper 60s. Highs near 80. Winds southeast 10-25 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday through Sunday, mostly sunny days and fair nights. Lows near 70. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight and tomorrow, mostly cloudy and showery, some locally heavy. Winds southeast 10-25 mph. Haleakala summit winds southerly 40-60 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight and tomorrow, cloudy and showery. Showers locally heavy with possible thundershowers.

Leeward: Tonight and tomorrow, mostly cloudy with scattered showers.

Winds southeast 15-30 mph. Summit winds southerly 40-60 mph.

Marine advisories

Small-craft advisories for all waters due to strong and gusty southeast winds.

Coastal waters: Tonight, southeast winds 25 knots, seas 12 ft. A few showers. Tomorrow, southeast winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft. A few showers.

Channels: Tonight, southeast winds 30 knots; seas 18 ft. Tomorrow, winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 ft.

Volcano

Lava is visible inside Puu Oo cinder cone, but none is flowing above ground.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 78°F
Record high 1996 - 85°F
Average February high - 81°F
Today's low - 66°F
Record low 1991 - 55°F
Average February low - 65°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 73 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.17 in.
Actual so far this month - 0.43 in.
Normal so far this month - 2.07 in.
Actual so far this year - 7.35 in.
Normal so far this year - 5.62 in.

Surf forecast

Today - Tomw
Ala Moana - 1 ft. - 1 ft.
Makaha - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.
Sunset Beach - 4-6ft. - 4-6ft.
Makapuu - 3-6ft. - 3-6ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:34 p.m. tonight
Sunrise - 6:53 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 10:25 p.m. today
Moonset - 10:13 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Last qtr. March 1, new March 8, first qtr. March 15.

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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