Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, April 9, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, brief showers. Low near 70. Tomorrow, morning showers, afternoon mostly fair. High lower 80s. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday through Sunday, a few night and morning showers. Afternoons mostly fair. Lows lower 70s. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai, Maui Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, a few morning showers. Afternoon sunny leeward and partly cloudy windward. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, brief showers. Tomorrow, a few morning showers. Partly cloudy in the afternoon. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with brief upslope showers in the afternoon. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

There is a ridge in the vicinity of Kauai beginning to drift northward today.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, easterly winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Brief windward showers.

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

Volcano

Two lava flows have extended as much as 21/2 miles from Puu Oo, but have not yet reached Pulama Pali where they would cascade down a 1,000-foot incline.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 83°F
Record high 1996 - 90°F
Average April high - 83°F
Yesterday's low - 65°F
Record low for yesterday 1973 - 61°F
Average April low - 69°F

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 8:30 p.m. 4/8 - 0.00 in.
Actual so far this month - 0.58 in.
Normal so far this month - 0.48 in.
Actual so far this year - 13.35 in.
Normal so far this year - 8.44 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:49 p.m. today
Sunrise - 6:17 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset - 11:30 p.m. today
Moonrise - 11:05 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: First qtr. April 14, full April 22, last qtr. April 28

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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