Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, April 11, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight occasional showers. Tomorrow, mostly cloudy with occasional showers. Lows near 70. Highs 80-85. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday through Tuesday, partly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows near 70. Highs 80-85.

Kauai, Maui Molokai, Lanai

Tonight and tomorrow, mostly cloudy with a few windward and mauka showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with brief showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, becoming mostly fair in the evening. Tomorrow, mostly cloudy with upslope showers in the afternoon. Winds, variable 5-15 mph

Marine advisories

A high-surf advisory in effect for the north and west shores of all islands due to northwest swell.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet. Occasional showers off Kauai with isolated, mainly windward showers elsewhere.

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

Volcano

Some spattering of fresh lava is taking place at remote Puu Oo cinder cone, but several lava flows reaching up to 21/2 miles from the cone have stagnated.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 85°F
Record high 1995 -- 88°F
Average April high -- 83°F
Today's low -- 70°F
Record low 1975 -- 60°F
Average April low -- 69°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 84 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m -- 0.00 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.59 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.63 in.
Actual so far this year -- 13.36 in.
Normal so far this year -- 8.59 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:50 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:15 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 11:21 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 10:46 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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