Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, May 20, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Fair tonight except for brief windward showers. Low mid 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High 80-85. Winds, trades decreasing to 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday through Saturday, showers over the northern islands Thursday spreading to the Big Island by Saturday.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, fair except for brief windward showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds, trades decreasing to 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, sunny but for a few upslope showers in the afternoon. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Marine advisories

There are no warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight, northeast winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. A few windward showers. Tomorrow, northeast winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft. Mostly sunny.

Channels: Tonight, northeast winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft. Tomorrow, northeast winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft.

Volcano

Lava continues erupting at the base of remote Puu Oo cinder cone, with flows confined to the area of the cone.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 84°F
Record high 1988 -- 89°F
Average May high -- 85°F
Today's low -- 67°F
Record low1985 -- 64°F
Average May low -- 70°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 76 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Zero
Actual so far this month -- 0.17 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.76 in.
Actual so far this year -- 13.94 in.
Normal so far this year -- 10.26 in.

Surf forecast

-- Today -- Tomw

Ala Moana -- 1 ft. -- 1 ft.
Makaha -- 0-1ft. -- 0-1ft.
Sunset Beach -- 1-11/2 ft. -- 1-11/2 ft
Makapuu 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:05 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 5:51 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 5:53 p.m. today
Moonset -- 5:32 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Full May 21, last qtr. May 28, new June 4. 

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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