Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, May 5, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, windward and mauka showers. Fair leeward. Low 70. Tomorrow morning sunny, afternoon cloudy. High 80s. Tradewinds 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Wednesday through Friday, morning sun, afternoon showers. Fair at night. Lows 60s. Highs 85. Winds 5-15 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, brief windward and mauka showers. Mostly fair leeward. Tomorrow, sunny in the morning. Mostly cloudy in the afternoon with inland showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph becoming variable 5-15 mph Tuesday.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, sunny in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a few showers in the afternoon. Leeward: Tonight, clouds clearing and becoming fair. Tomorrow, sunny in the morning. Cloudy periods and upslope showers in the afternoon.

Winds, trades 5-15 mph becoming variable 5-15 mph Tuesday.

Marine advisories

Coastal waters: Tonight and Tuesday, easterly winds 10 knots, seas 2 feet. Mostly fair except brief windward showers.

Channels: Tonight and Tuesday, easterly winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet.

Volcano

Spatter cone outside Puu Oo crater on west side. Bubbling in the crater with very slow-moving flows coming from vent on west of Puu Oo but not visible from end of road. Sometimes visible by hiking closer. No lava entering ocean.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 85°F
Record high 1995 -- 88°F
Average May high -- 85°F
Today's low -- 70°F
Record low1981 -- 62°F
Average May low -- 70°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 79 percent

Rainfall


At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Trace
Actual so far this month -- Trace
Normal so far this month -- 0.20 in.
Actual so far this year -- 13.77 in.
Normal so far this year -- 9.70 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:58 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 5:58 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 6:13 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 6:03 a.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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