Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, May 13, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight and tomorrow, mostly cloudy windward and mauka, fair and mostly sunny leeward. Highs lower 80s. Lows upper 60s. Winds, trades 10-25 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday through Saturday, partly cloudy with periods of showers. Lows 65-70. Highs in mid 80s.

Kauai, Maui Lanai, Molokai

Tonight, continued cloudy with showers windward and mostly fair leeward. Tomorrow, decreasing clouds and showers windward. Mostly sunny leeward. Winds, trades 10-25 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, continued cloudy with occasional showers. Tomorrow, showers in the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon. Winds, trades 10-25 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing in the evening. Tomorrow, sunny in the morning. Mostly cloudy in the afternoon with a few upslope showers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, easterly winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft. A few windward showers, otherwise mostly fair.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, easterly winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 ft.

Volcano

The eruption at the base of Puu Oo is again active after a 10-hour shutoff Sunday night, but all activity is miles from public areas.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 82°F
Record high 1979 - 90°F
Average May high - 85°F
Today's low - 70°F
Record low 1952 - 64°F
Average May low - 70°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 64 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.00
Actual so far this month - 0.17 in.
Normal so far this month - 0.52 in.
Actual so far this year - 13.94 in.
Normal so far this year - 10.02 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset - 7:02 p.m. tonight
Sunrise - 5:54 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset - 1:00 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 12:50 p.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: First qtr. May 14, full May 21, last qtr. May 28

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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