Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, July 7, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Partly cloudy, brief showers tonight and tomorrow, mainly in windward and mauka areas. Lows 70-75, highs mid to upper 80s. Trades 15-25 mph.

Extended forecast

Wednesday: Cloudy, windward showers. Thursday: Some showers. Friday: Mostly sunny. Trades 15-25 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Partly cloudy with brief showers in windward and mauka areas tonight and tomorrow. Trades 15-25 mph.

Big Island

Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo, Puna: Mostly cloudy with brief showers tonight and tomorrow.

Leeward Kohala, Kona, Kau: Clearing tonight, then sunny tomorrow morning, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon with a few upslope showers.

Trades 15-25 mph except in the Hilo and Kona districts, where winds will be variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

Small craft advisories remain in effect for all Hawaiian waters exposed to fresh and gusty tradewinds.

Coastal waters: East winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 feet, brief windward showers tonight and tomorrow.

Channels between the islands: East winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 feet tonight and tomorrow.

Volcano

Kilauea Volcano is erupting in a remote area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and may be viewed from Puu Huluhulu, a three-mile round-trip hike from the Mauna Ulu parking lot.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 89 °F
Record high 1995 -- 91 °F
Average Julyhigh -- 88°F
Today's low -- 75°F
Record low1990 -- 66°F
Average Julylow -- 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 69 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.05 inch
Actual so far this month -- 0.11 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.11 in.
Actual so far this year -- 14.91 in.
Normal so far this year -- 11.24 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:18 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 5:56 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 9:33 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 9:24 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: First qtr. July 12, full July 19, last qtr. July 26.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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