Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, October 3, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, showers, spreading leeward. Lows lower 70s. Tomorrow, morning showers, then mostly sunny. Highs 85-90. Trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday through Tuesday, sunny after brief night and morning showers. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, brief windward and mauka showers spreading leeward at times. Tomorrow, brief morning showers, then mostly sunny. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with a few showers.

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

Winds, trades 10-20 mph, except locally variable 5-15 mph in Hilo and Kona.

Marine advisories

A high-surf advisory in effect for north- and west-facing shores of all islands.

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

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

Volcano

Lava is being erupted a remote Puu Oo cinder cone, flowing underground again for seven miles, then dripping into the ocean on the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park coast.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high tied record -- 91°F
Previous record high 1995 -- 91°F
Average Octoberhigh -- 89°F
Today's low -- 74°F
Record low 1952 -- 68°F
Average Octoberlow -- 72°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 97 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.02 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.02 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.15 in.
Actual so far this year -- 16.13 in.
Normal so far this year -- 13.09 in.

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 2-3ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 2-4ft. -- 4-6ft.
Sunset Beach -- 4-8ft. -- 6-10 ft.
Makapuu -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:18 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:24 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 7:54 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 8:56 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: First qtr. Oct. 9, full Oct. 15, last qtr. Oct. 22
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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