Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, October 10, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, showers and thundershowers. Low mid 70s. Tomorrow, diminishing showers. High upper 80s. Winds, southerly 5-15 mph turning northerly.

Extended forecast

Sunday, clearing. Monday and Tuesday, sunny and fair. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90. Tradewinds 5-15 mph.

Kauai

Tonight, diminishing showers and thundershowers. Tomorrow, clearing. Winds, southerly 10-20 mph turning northerly.

Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight and tomorrow, increasing showers. Winds, southerly 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, increasing showers. Winds, southerly 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

There are no warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight, southerly winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft. except southerly winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft over waters around Kauai. Tomorrow, the same except winds becoming northerly 10 knots over waters around Kauai and Oahu.

Channels: Tonight, southerly winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Tomorrow, the same except northerly winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft. through Kauai channel.

Volcano

A low-level eruption of lava continues at remote Puu Oo cinder cone, with lava flow from there to the ocean.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport

Yesterday's high - 89°F
Record high 1996 - 91°F
Average October high - 87°F
Today's low - 74°F
Record low 1956 - 68°F
Average October low - 72°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 97 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.15
Actual so far this month - 0.86 in.
Normal so far this month - 0.58 in.
Actual so far this year - 16.97 in.
Normal so far this year - 13.52 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:12 p.m. tonight
Sunrise - 6:26 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset - 1:50 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 3:02 p.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Full Oct. 15, last qtr. Oct. 22, new Oct. 31.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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