Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, August 26, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, Fair except for brief showers. Lows in the mid 70s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High near 90. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday through Saturday, sunny and fair. Brief showers. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, fair except for brief windward and mauka showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Brief morning showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo and Puna: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief showers.

Leeward Kohala, Kona and Kau: Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, sunny morning turning cloudy in the afternoon with brief upslope showers.

Winds, trades 10-25 mph except in Hilo and Kona areas, where winds will be variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

There are no marine warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 feet. A few windward showers.

Channels: East winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 feet tonight and tomorrow.

Volcano

Lava is erupting at Puu Oo, then entering a tube system, which carries it to coastal flatlands where it spreads out and enters the sea in two areas.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 92°F
Record high 1996 -- 93°F
Average August high -- 89°F
Today's low -- 77°F
Record low 1974 -- 67°F
Average August low -- 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 82 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Zero
Actual so far this month -- 0.11 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.39 in.
Actual so far this year -- 15.43 in.
Normal so far this year -- 12.11 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:54 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:14 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 2:26 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 1:52 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: New Sept. 1, first qtr. Sept. 9, full Sept. 16.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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