Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, March 31, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Low near 60. High in the mid 80s. Winds southeasterly 5 to 15 mph.

Extended forecast

Wednesday, showers or thundershowers. Thursday and Friday, windward showers. Lows upper 60s. Highs near 80. Winds 10 to 25 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Kauai, few showers tonight. Tomorrow, occasional heavy showers or thundershowers. Winds, southerly 10 to 20 mph today turning northerly tomorrow.

Maui, Molokai and Lanai, Mostly fair tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow. Winds southeasterly 5 to 15 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny becoming cloudy upslope in the afternoon. Southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph.

Marine advisories

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, Southeast winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet.

Channels: Tonight, east winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet. Tomorrow, south winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet, except north winds in Kauai channel.

Volcano

An extended lull in volcanic activity. No surface flows; no lava entering ocean.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 82°F
Record high 1996 -- 86°F
Average Marchhigh -- 82°F
Today's low -- 64°F
Record low 1979 -- 62°F
Average Marchlow -- 67°F

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0 in.
Actual so far this month -- 4.90 in.
Normal so far this month -- 2.20 in.
Actual so far this year -- 12.77 in.
Normal so far this year -- 7.96 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:46 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:25 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 12:18 p.m. today
Moonset -- 1:46 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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