Oahu
Today's forecast
Tonight and tomorrow, diminishing showers and thunderstorms. Low mid 60s. Highs upper 70s. Southeasterly winds 5-15 mph.
Extended forecast
Saturday through Monday, partly cloudy, a few windward and mauka showers. Lows upper 60s. Highs lower 80s.
Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai
Tonight and tomorrow, partly cloudy with diminishing showers and thunderstorms. Winds southeasterly 5-15 mph.
Big Island
Tonight, diminishing showers and thundershowers. Friday, partly cloudy with a few showers over the slopes. Southeasterly winds slowing to 5-15 mph.
Marine advisories
A high-surf advisory in effect for the east shores of Kauai and Oahu and the north and west shores of all islands.Small-craft advisories remain in effect for all Hawaiian waters due to strong and gusty southeast winds.
Coastal waters: Tonight, southeast winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Diminishing showers. Tomorrow, southeast winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft. Mostly fair.
Channels: Tonight, east winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft. Tomorrow, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft.
Volcano
Lava deep inside Puu Oo cinder cone is going through cycles of crusting over, then breaking up and exposing red lava.
Temperatures
At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 79°F
Record high 1977 - 86°F
Average February high - 81°F
Today's low - 66°F
Record low 1987 - 58°F
Average February low - 65°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 87 percent
Rainfall
At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.29 in.
Actual so far this month - 0.72 in.
Normal so far this month - 2.14 in.
Actual so far this year - 7.64 in.
Normal so far this year - 5.69 in.
Surf forecast
Today - Tomw
Ala Moana - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.
Makaha - 3-5ft. - 4 ft.
Sunset Beach - 8-10 ft. - 8 ft.
Makapuu - 6-10 ft. - 4-6ft.
Sun and moon
Sunset - 6:35 p.m. tonight
Sunrise - 6:53 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 11:18 p.m. today
Moonset - 10:56 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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