Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, March 27, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, brief showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Highs in the lower 80s. Trades 15-30 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday, sunny afternoon. Monday, sunny and fair. Tuesday, showers. Lows near 70. Highs 75-80.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Winds, trades 15-30 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, a few showers. Tomorrow, a few morning showers. Mostly sunny in the afternoon. Winds, trades 15-30 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, evening cloudiness clearing and becoming fair. Tomorrow, morning sunshine giving way to afternoon cloudiness with a few showers over the slopes. Winds, mostly trades 15-30 mph

Marine advisories

Small-craft advisories in effect for all waters due to strong and gusty tradewinds.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 ft.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 25-30 knots, seas 12-18 ft.

Volcano

Kilauea remains unchanged with no surface activity or other signs of an eruption.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 81°F
Record high 1989 - 87°F
Average March high - 82°F
Today's low - 71°F
Record low 1996 - 61°F
Average March low - 67°F

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.12 in
Actual so far this month - 4.90 in.
Normal so far this month - 2.01 in.
Actual so far this year - 12.77 in.
Normal so far this year - 7.77 in.

Surf forecast

Today - Tomw
Ala Moana - 1 ft. - ft.
Makaha - 2-3ft - 2-3ft.
Sunset Beach - 4-8ft. - 4-6ft.
Makapuu - 1-3ft. - 3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:45 p.m. today
Sunrise - 6:27 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 11:02 p.m. today
Moonset - 10:29 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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