Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, July 18, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair. Low 70-75. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Brief morning showers. High near 90. Winds, trades weakening to 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday through Tuesday, 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 weakening to 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, a few showers. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with a few morning showers.
Leeward: Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, sunny morning, partly cloudy afternoon with a few upslope showers.

Winds, mostly trades 15-30 mph, weakening to 10-20 mph.

Marine advisories

Small-craft advisories for all waters due to strong and gusty trade winds.
Coastal waters: Tonight east winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft. Tomorrow, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft.

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

Volcano

Lava is flowing into the ocean in an inaccessible area four miles east of the end of Chain of Craters Road.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 89°F
Record high 1995 -- 91°F
Average July high -- 88°F
Today's low -- 75°F
Record low 1981 -- 69°F
Average July low -- 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 69 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Trace
Actual so far this month -- 0.14 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.33 in.
Actual so far this year -- 14.94 in.
Normal so far this year -- 11.46 in.

Surf forecast

-- Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-3ft. -- 2-4ft.
Makaha -- 1-2ft. -- 2-3ft.
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 -- 6:09 p.m. today
Moonset -- 5:37 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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