Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, October 24, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, brief showers windward and mauka. Low 70-75. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High to upper 80s. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday through Tuesday, mostly sunny days and fair nights. Highs in the 80s. Lows 70-75. Trades 10-20 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, brief showers mainly windward and mauka. Otherwise fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

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

Leeward: Tonight, cloudiness clearing and becoming fair. Tomorrow, morning sunshine giving way to afternoon clouds with brief showers over the slopes.

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

Marine advisories

There are no warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. A few showers windward waters. Northwest swell increasing to 4 ft tomorrow.

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

Volcano

Lava continues flowing from Puu Oo, with some of it reaching the ocean seven miles away and some of it breaking to the surface and forming short flows on coastal flatlands.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 86°F
Record high 1995 -- 89°F
Average October high -- 87°F
Today's low -- 71°F
Record low 1965 -- 65°F
Average October low -- 72°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 82 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Zero
Actual so far this month -- 2.62 in.
Normal so far this month -- 1.65 in.
Actual so far this year -- 18.73 in.
Normal so far this year -- 14.59 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:01 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:32 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 1:56 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 2:49 p.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: New Oct. 31, Nov. 7, first qtr., full Nov. 14
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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