Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, October 16, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair except for a few showers. Low 70-75. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High 85-90. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday through Monday, sunny and fair except for windward and mauka showers. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, mostly fair except for a few showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo, Puna and Kau: Tonight, a few showers. Tomorrow, partly sunny after morning showers.

Leeward Kohala and Kona: Tonight, showers ending then clearing. Tomorrow, sunny morning, then mostly cloudy afternoon with upslope showers.

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

Marine advisories

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

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

Volcano

Kilauea is still erupting at Puu Oo, but most of its lava can't been seen because the area is remote and the flows are crusted over with cooled lava.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 88°F
Record high 1995 -- 92°F
Average October high -- 87°F
Today's low -- 73°F
Record low 1985 -- 68°F
Average October low -- 72°F

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 8 p.m. 10/15 -- Trace
Actual so far this month -- 2.46 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.93 in.
Actual so far this year -- 18.57 in.
Normal so far this year -- 13.87 in.

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-2ft -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 1-2ft. -- -2ft.
Sunset Beach -- 2-5ft. -- 2-4ft.
Makapuu -- 2-3ft. -- 2-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:07 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:28 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 7:02 p.m. today
Moonset -- 8:06 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Last qtr. Oct. 22, new Oct. 31, Nov. 7, first qtr.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

---