Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, April 29, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Mostly fair tonight and sunny tomorrow; brief windward, mauka showers. Lows near 70, highs 80-85. Trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday through Saturday, mostly sunny days and fair nights. Lows 65-70, highs 80-

85.Trades 10-20 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Mostly fair tonight and mostly sunny tomorrow except for brief windward and mauka showers. Trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Brief showers tonight and tomorrow morning, then mostly sunny. Winds, mostly trades 10-20 mph.

Leeward: Gradual clearing this evening. Then sunny in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon with a few upslope showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph except variable 10-15 mph in Kona.

Marine advisories

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 10-15 knots, seas 4 feet. Sunny except for brief windward showers.

Channel: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 feet.

Volcano

Lava flows continue traveling short distances from the base of remote Puu Oo cinder cone, building up the ground level before solidifying and being replaced by new flows.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 86°F
Record high 1996 -- 91°F
Average April high -- 83°F
Today's low -- 72°F
Record low 1995 -- 62°F
Average April low -- 69°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 74 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.00 in.
Actual so far this month -- .00 in.
Normal so far this month -- 1.50 in.
Actual so far this year -- 13.77 in.
Normal so far this year -- 9.46 in.

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 0-1ft. -- 0-1ft.
Sunset Beach -- 2-3ft. -- 2-3ft.
Makapuu -- 2-3ft. -- 2-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:56 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:01 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 1:24 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 1:10 p.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: New May 6, first qtr. May 14, full May 21.

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium.)

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