Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, July 16, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair. Brief showers. Low mid 70s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Brief morning showers. High upper 80s. Winds, trades 15-30 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday through Sunday, mostly sunny days. Brief night and morning showers. Lows mid 70s. Highs upper 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, mostly fair, brief mauka showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Winds, trades 15-30 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing in the evening. Tomorrow, sunny morning. Partly cloudy afternoon with brief upslope showers.

Winds, mostly trades 15-30 mph.

Marine advisories

Small-craft advisories for all waters due to increasing strong and gusty trade winds.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 ft. A few windward showers.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 25-30 knots, seas 12-18 ft.

Volcano

Lava is flowing into the ocean three miles east of Chain of Craters Road. There is no good viewing site accessible from the ground.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 89°
Record high 1995 -- 94°
Average July high -- 88°
Today's low -- 77°
Record low1981 -- 67°
Average July low -- 74°
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 79 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.03 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.14 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.29 in.
Actual so far this year -- 14.94 in.
Normal so far this year -- 11.42 in.

Surf forecast

-- Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 0 ft. -- 0 ft.
Sunset Beach -- 0 ft. -- 0 ft.
Makapuu -- 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:17 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 5:59 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 4:14 p.m. today
Moonset -- 3:40 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Full July 19, last qtr. July 26, new Aug. 2.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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