Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, July 17, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair. Brief showers. Low mid 70s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Brief morning showers. High upper 80s. Winds, trades 10-25 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday through Monday, mostly sunny days. Brief night and morning showers. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, mostly fair, brief showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Winds, trades 10-25 mph.

Big Island

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

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

Winds, mostly trades 10-25 mph, except variable 5-15 mph in Kona area.

Marine advisories

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

Coastal waters: Tonight east winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 ft. A few windward showers. Tomorrow, east winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft. Mostly sunny.

Channels: Tonight, east winds 25-30 knots, seas 12-18 ft. Tomorrow, east winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 ft.

Volcano

Lava is flowing from a vent on the side of Puu Oo, through a lava pond, then to the ocean through a 6-mile-long tube created by recent flows.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 89°F
Record high 1995 -- 91°F
Average July high -- 88°F
Yesterday's low -- 77°F
Record low1981 -- 67°F
Average July low -- 74°F

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 8 p.m. 7/16 -- Trace
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 -- 11/2 ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 0 ft. -- 0 ft.
Sunset Beach -- 0 ft. -- 0 ft.
Makapuu -- 2-3ft. -- 2-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:16 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:00 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 5:12 p.m. today
Moonset -- 4:37 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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