Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, May 6, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, becoming mostly fair. Lows 65-70. Tomorrow, mostly sunny morning, cloudy afternoon with mainly inland showers. Highs in mid 80s.

Extended forecast

Thursday through Saturday, sunny mornings. Showers in afternoons. Mostly fair nights. Lows 65-70. Highs 80-85.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, becoming mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny morning, cloudy afternoon with mainly inland showers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, showers ending in the evening, clearing then becoming mostly fair. Tomorrow, some morning sunshine, then cloudy in the afternoon with inland showers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

There is a high far northwest of Honolulu nearly stationary. A surface trough across islands is slowly developing.

There are no warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, variable winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft. Mostly fair.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, variable winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft.

Volcano

The eruption continues at the base of remote Puu Oo cinder cone, with all fresh lava concentrated in that area.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high — 86°F
Record high 1974 — 88°F
Average May high — 85°F
Today's low — 68°F
Record low1996 — 65°F
Average May low — 70°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. — 84 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. — 0.01 in.
Actual so far this month — 0.01 in.
Normal so far this month — 0.24 in.
Actual so far this year — 13.78 in.
Normal so far this year — 9.74 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset — 6:59 p.m. tonight
Sunrise — 5:57 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset — 7:13 p.m. today
Moonrise — 6:52 a.m. tomorrow

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

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium

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