Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, April 10, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair with brief showers. Lows near 70. Tomorrow, morning showers, then mostly sunny. Highs lower 80s. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday through Monday, a few night showers. Afternoons mostly sunny. Lows lower 70s. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, mostly fair with brief showers. Tomorrow, brief morning showers, then mostly sunny. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing and becoming fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny except for afternoon cloudy periods with a few showers over the slopes. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

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

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

Volcano

Four lava flows are periodically advancing from Puu Oo and stagnating, but all are remote and can only occasionally be seen from the ground at Puu Huluhulu in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 85°F
Record high 1996 -- 88°F
Average April high -- 83°F
Yesterday's low -- 65°F
Record low for yesterday 1983 -- 60°F
Average April low -- 69°F

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 8:30 p.m. -- 0.01 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.59 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.53 in.
Actual so far this year -- 13.36 in.
Normal so far this year -- 8.49 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:49 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:16 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 12:27 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 11:55 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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