Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, May 14, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight and tomorrow, cloudy with showers windward and mauka, mostly fair and sunny leeward. Lows near 70. Highs mid 80s. Trades 10-25 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday through Sunday, partly cloudy with a few showers. Lows mid 60s. Highs mid 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, occasional windward and mauka showers. Mostly fair leeward. Tomorrow, partly cloudy windward and mauka with a few showers. Mostly sunny leeward. Trades 10-25 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, a few showers. Tomorrow, mostly cloudy with a few showers. WInds, trades 10-25 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing during the evening. Tomorrow, sunny morning, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon with upslope showers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

Caution is advised over all waters due to marginal winds and seas.

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

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

Volcano

Lava is erupting at the base of Puu Oo cinder cone in a remote area six miles from the closest public viewing area in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 84°F
Record high 1996 - 88°F
Average May high - 85°F
Today's low - 69°F
Record low 1987 - 63°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. - 0.00
Actual so far this month - 0.17 in.
Normal so far this month - 0.56 in.
Actual so far this year - 13.94 in.
Normal so far this year - 10.06 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset - 7:02 p.m. tonight
Sunrise - 5:54 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset - 1:38 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 1:38 p.m. tomorrow

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

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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