Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, October 9, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, showers ending midnight. Low mid 70s. Tomorrow, increasing showers or thundershowers. High mid 80s. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday through Monday, partly cloudy with slowly diminishing showers. Lows mid 70s. Highs near 90.

Kauai

Tonight, showers ending midnight. Tomorrow, increasing showers or thundershowers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph, becoming southerly.

Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, showers ending midnight. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with spotty afternoon showers or thundershowers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, diminishing showers or thundershowers. Tomorrow, cloudy with spotty showers or thundershowers in the afternoon. Winds, southeast 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

There are no warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, winds southeast 10 knots, seas 2 ft. Showers ending and becoming fair.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, winds southeast 15 knots, seas 4 ft.

Volcano

Lava is erupting from a remote Puu Oo vent and flowing seven miles from there to the sea.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 89°F
Record high 1994 -- 92°F
Average October high -- 87°F
Today's low -- 74°F
Record low 1992 -- 68°F
Average October low -- 72°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 94 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.00
Actual so far this month -- 0.71 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.51 in.
Actual so far this year -- 16.82 in.
Normal so far this year -- 13.45 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:13 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:26 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 12:50 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 2:12 p.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: First qtr. today, full Oct. 15, last qtr. Oct. 22.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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