Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, April 24, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, windy with passing showers. Low near 70. Tomorrow, diminishing showers but still windy. High upper 70s. Winds, northeast 15-25 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday and Sunday, clearing. Monday, sunny and fair. Lows near 70. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai

Tonight, diminishing showers but still windy. Tomorrow, clearing in the afternoon. Winds, becoming northeast 15-25 mph.

Maui, Lanai Molokai

Tonight, windy and showery. Tomorrow, windy with showers. Winds, 15-25 mph north tonight and northeast tomorrow.

Big Island

Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, showers mostly windward and upslope. Winds, becoming northeast 10-25 mph.

Marine advisories

Coastal waters: Tonight, winds becoming northerly to 20 knots, seas 8 ft. Tomorrow, northeast winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft.

Channels: Tonight, winds becoming northerly to 25 knots, seas 12 ft. Tomorrow, northeast winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 ft.

Volcano

Lava continues erupting at the base of remote Puu Oo cinder cone, about six miles from at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park viewing site.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 86°F
Record high 1996 -- 90°F
Average April high -- 83°F
Today's low -- 67°F
Record low 1979 -- 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. -- 0.10 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.82 in.
Normal so far this monthv.28 in.
Actual so far this year -- 13.59 in.
Normal so far this year -- 9.24 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:54 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:05 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 8:57 p.m. today
Moonset -- 8:26 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Last qtr. April 28, new May 6, first qtr. May 14

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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