Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, August 18, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Mostly fair tonight and mostly sunny tomorrow. Low, lower 70s; high, lower 90s. Trades 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Wednesday-Friday: Sunny days and mostly fair nights. Lows 70-75, highs upper 80s-lower 90s. Trades 5-15 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Mostly fair tonight and mostly sunny tomorrow.

Trades 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Clearing tonight and mostly sunny tomorrow morning; becoming cloudy in the afternoon in upslope areas.

Trades 5-15 mph, and locally variable.

Marine advisories

A surface ridge far north of Honolulu is nearly stationary.

There are no marine warnings posted.

Coastal waters: East winds 10 knots, seas 2 feet, fair weather tonight and tomorrow.

Channels between the islands: East winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet tonight and tomorrow.

Volcano

Lava at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park continues to flow seven miles from the eruption site into the ocean. A steam plume is visible where the lava enters the sea from the end of Chain of Craters Road.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 88 °F
Record high 1996 -- 91 °F
Average Aug.high -- 89°F
Today's low -- 72°F
Record low1985 -- 69°F
Average Aug.low -- 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 87 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.11 inch
Actual so far this month -- 0.11 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.31 in.
Actual so far this year -- 15.43 in.
Normal so far this year -- 12.03 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:00 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:11 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 7:28 p.m. today
Moonset -- 8:36 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Full moon today, last qtr. Aug. 24, new Sept. 1.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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