Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, April 3, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Fair tonight. Low in the upper 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High near 80. Winds becoming trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday through Monday, a few night and morning showers. Sunny afternoons. Lows near 70. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai

Tonight, fair but for a few showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Maui County

Tonight, fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight and tomorrow, partly cloudy with a few showers. Winds trades 10-20 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, fair. Tomorrow, partly sunny. A few upslope showers, mainly afternoon. Winds trades 10-20 mph.

Marine advisories

Small-craft advisory in effect due to northerly swells of 10 feet or higher.

A high-surf advisory in effect for west-facing shores of Kauai and Oahu and north-facing shores of all islands.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, northeast winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, northeast winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft.

Volcano

Fresh lava overflowing the pond deep inside Puu Oo cinder cone and oozing through an old underground tube has slowly moved about a third of the 6-mile distance to the coast.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 81°F
Record high 1996 -- 87°F
Average Aprilhigh -- 83°F
Today's low -- 68°F
Record low 1985 -- 60°F
Average Aprillow -- 69°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 87 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Trace
Actual so far this month -- 0.35 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.18 in.
Actual so far this year -- 13.12 in.
Normal so far this year -- 8.14 in.

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 3-5ft. -- 3-4ft.
Sunset Beach -- 8-10 ft. -- 6-10 ft.
Makapuu -- 2-3ft. -- 2-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:47 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:22 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 5:20 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 6:18 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: New April 7, first qtr. April 14, full April 22
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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