Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, March 24, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

High surf alert, north and west shores. Mostly fair tonight; cloudy, occasional showers tomorrow. Winds turn southeast 10-20 mph tomorrow.

Extended forecast

Wednesday-Friday: A few windward showers, sunny lee areas. Lows near 70, highs lower 80s. Trades 15-30 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

High surf alert north, west shores. Mostly fair on Kauai tonight, diminishing rain on the other islands. Cloudy, occasional showers tomorrow. Tonight's northerly 5-15 mph winds will turn southeast 10-20 mph tomorrow.

Big Island

High surf alert north, west shores. Diminishing rain tonight, clearing tomorrow. Southerly 5-15 mph winds turn southeast 10-20 mph tomorrow.

Marine advisories

Small craft advisories remain in effect for waters around Kauai. A high surf advisory is in effect for all north and west shores.

Coastal waters: Tonight, northerly winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet near Kauai; Northerly 10 knots, seas 2 feet near Oahu; southerly 10 knots, seas 2 feet elsewhere; a few showers. Tomorrow, SE winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet, a few showers. Channels: Tonight: Northerly winds 25-30 knots, seas 12-18 feet in Kauai channel; southerly 15 knots, seas 4 feet other channels. Tomorrow, SE winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet.

Volcano

No surface flows; lava pond inside Pu'u oo Cone.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 75 °F
Record high 1987 -- 87 °F
Average March high -- 82°F
Today's low -- 66°F
Record low1954 -- 57°F
Average March low -- 67°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 93 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 2.23 inch
Actual so far this month -- 4.65 in.
Normal so far this month -- 1.73 in.
Actual so far this year -- 12.52 in.
Normal so far this year -- 7.49 in.

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.
Makaha -- 8-12 ft. -- 6-8ft.
Sunset Beach -- 8-12 ft. -- 6-8ft.
Makapuu -- 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:44 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:31 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 7:30 p.m. today
Moonset -- 7:33 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Last qtr. March 31, new April 7, first qtr. April 14.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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