Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, May 27, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair. Lows in mid 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Highs to mid 80s. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday, partly sunny. Friday and Saturday, sunny days, fair at night. Lows near 70. Highs 80-85.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, fair except for occasional clouds windward areas. Tomorrow, Continued sunny but for some clouds along windward coasts. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Hamakua, Hilo, Puna and Kau: Tonight, mostly cloudy with a few showers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Kohala and Kona: Tonight, turning fair. Tomorrow, sunny in the morning, upslope clouds in afternoon. Winds, variable 5-15 mph, with sea breezes in the afternoon.

Marine advisories

There are no warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, variable winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft. Fair except for a few showers off windward Big Island.

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

Volcano

The pause in Kilauea's east rift eruption, which began Friday morning, is continuing.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 83°F
Record high 1992 -- 90°F
Average May high -- 85°F
Today's low -- 66°F
Record low 1973 -- 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. -- Zero
Actual so far this month -- 0.63 in.
Normal so far this month -- 1.01 in.
Actual so far this year -- 14.40 in.
Normal so far this year -- 10.51 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:07 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 5:50 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 12:11 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 12:05 p.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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