Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, May 22, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, fair except for brief showers. Low mid 70s. Tomorrow, cloudy with showers. High upper 70s. Winds turning northwest 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday and Sunday, clearing. Monday, mostly sunny. Lows 65-70. Highs 80-85. Variable winds 5 to 15 mph.

Kauai

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, showers. Winds, northwest 10-20 mph.

Lanai, Molokai

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, showers. Winds, northwest 5-15 mph.

Maui

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with morning showers. Winds, southwest 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, fair. Tomorrow, partly cloudy to sunny. Winds, turning southwest.

Marine advisories

Coastal waters: Tonight, southwest winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft, except 25 knots, seas 12 ft off Kauai and Oahu. Tomorrow, winds northwest 15 knots, seas 4 ft Kauai and Oahu. Elsewhere, southwest winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft.

Channels: Tonight, southwest winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft except 25 knots, seas 12 ft Kauai and Kaiwi channels. Tomorrow, winds northwest 20 knots, seas 8 ft Kauai and Kaiwi channels. Elsewhere southwest winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft.

Volcano

Lava is erupting at the base of Puu Oo cinder cone, but is limited to areas of former lava flows.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 83°F
Record high 1994 -- 88°F
Average May high -- 85°F
Today's low -- 72°F
Record low 1983 -- 64°F
Average May low -- 70°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 67 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 -- 0.86 in.
Actual so far this year -- 13.94 in.
Normal so far this year -- 10.36 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:06 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 5:51 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 6:45 p.m. today
Moonset -- 7:11 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Last qtr. May 28, new June 4, first qtr. June 12.

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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