Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, October 30, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, brief showers, mostly fair. Lows mid 70s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, brief showers mainly mauka. Highs upper 80s. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday, mostly sunny. Sunday and Monday, partly cloudy with some showers. Lows mid 60s. Highs to mid 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, brief showers, otherwise mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny except for brief showers mauka. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight and tomorrow, partly cloudy with a few showers.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, sunny morning, then cloudy periods in the afternoon with brief upslope showers.

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

Marine advisories

There are no warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Brief windward showers.

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

Volcano

Lava from Kilauea's east rift continues feeding flows that are moving seven miles through subsurface tubes until they reach the sea on the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park coast.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 87°F
Record high 1988 -- 89°F
Average October high -- 87°F
Today's low -- 74°F
Record low 1982 -- 66°F
Average October low -- 72°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 69 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.00 in
Actual so far this month -- 2.67 in.
Normal so far this month -- 2.19 in.
Actual so far this year -- 18.78 in.
Normal so far this year -- 15.13 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 5:57 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:35 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 5:54 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 6:51 a.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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