Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, August 19, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, fair except for brief windward showers. Low the mid 70s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High near 90. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday through Saturday, sunny days and fair nights. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90. Tradewinds 10-20 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Mostly fair tonight and mostly sunny tomorrow.

Trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny.

Leeward: Tonight, fair. Tomorrow, sunny morning. Partly cloudy afternoon.

Winds, trades 10-20 mph, except light and variable on Kona side.

Marine advisories

A surface high far north of Honolulu is nearly stationary.

There are no marine warnings posted.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft.

Volcano

Two lava flows are entering the ocean in an inaccessible area east of the end of Chain of Craters Road.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 91°F
Record high 1995 -- 93°F
Average August high -- 89°F
Today's low -- 75°F
Record low 1955 -- 68°F
Average August low -- 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 79 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.00 in
Actual so far this month -- 0.11 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.32 in.
Actual so far this year -- 15.43 in.
Normal so far this year -- 12.04 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:59 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:12 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 8:16 p.m. today
Moonset -- 8:36 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Last qtr. Aug. 24, new Sept. 1, first qtr. Sept. 9.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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