Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, October 22, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair. Low in mid 70s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High near 90. Winds, easterly 10-20 mph becoming southeast 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday through Sunday, partly sunny days, mostly fair nights. Lows in mid 70s. Highs in upper 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny morning, partly cloudy afternoon with isolated showers. Winds, easterly becoming southeast 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny.

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

Winds, easterly 10-20 mph becoming southeast 10-20 mph.

Marine advisories

Small-craft advisories due to marginal wind and sea conditions for all waters.

Coastal waters: Tonight, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Tomorrow, southeast winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft. Fair.

Channels: Tonight, east winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft. Tomorrow, southeast winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft.

Volcano

Lava continues flowing through underground tubes toward the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park coast, but much is breaking to the surface on land rather than flowing into the sea.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 88°F
Record high 1996 -- 90°F
Average October high -- 87°F
Today's low -- 73°F
Record low 1975 -- 67°F
Average October low -- 72°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 79 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.14 in.
Actual so far this month -- 2.62 in.
Normal so far this month -- 1.49 in.
Actual so far this year -- 18.73 in.
Normal so far this year -- 14.43 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:03 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:31 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 12:15 p.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 1:29 p.m. tomorrow

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






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