Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, July 28, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Scattered showers, mainly windward and mauka tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow after morning showers. Lows 70-75, highs 85 to 90. Trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Wednesday-Friday: Partly cloudy, night and morning showers. Trades 10-20 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Scattered showers, mainly windward and mauka, tonight and tomorrow morning, then mostly sunny. Trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo and Puna: A few showers tonight and tomorrow morning, then partly sunny.

Leeward Kohala, Kona and Kau: Turning fair tonight. Sunny tomorrow morning, turning cloudy with upslope showers in the afternoon.

Trades 10-20 mph except in Hilo and Kona areas, where winds will be variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

A surface high far north-northwest of Honolulu is nearly stationary.

There are no marine warnings posted.

Coastal waters: East winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet, a few windward showers tonight and tomorrow.

Channels between the islands: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet.

Volcano

A seven-mile lava flow is entering the ocean in a remote area four miles from the end of Chain of Craters Road.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 89 °F
Record high 1995 -- 91 °F
Average Julyhigh -- 88°F
Today's low -- 74°F
Record low1954 -- 70°F
Average Julylow -- 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 74 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Zero
Actual so far this month -- 0.52 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.53 in.
Actual so far this year -- 15.32 in.
Normal so far this year -- 11.66 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:13 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:04 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 2:42 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 2:14 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: New Aug. 2, first qtr. Aug. 11, full Aug. 18.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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