Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, November 5, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, fair. Low in lower 70s. Tomorrow, sunny. High in the mid 80s. Winds, trades weakening to 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday and Saturday, fair nights, sunny days. Sunday, partly cloudy with a few showers. Lows lower 70s. Highs lower 80s.

Kaui, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, fair. Tomorrow, sunny. Winds, trades 10-20 mph weakening to 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, brief morning showers. Mostly sunny by noon.

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

Winds, mostly trades 10-20 mph.

Marine advisories

High-surf advisory in effect for the north shores of all islands due to northerly swell.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, northeast winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. A few windward night showers, otherwise fair. Northerly swell to 5 ft, diminishing tomorrow.

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

Volcano

The eruption at Puu Oo on Kilauea's east rift remains steady, with lava flowing from there to the ocean.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 85°F
Record high 1990 -- 89°F
Average November high -- 84°F
Today's low -- 72°F
Record low 1978 -- 63°F
Average November low -- 70°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 87 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Trace
Actual so far this month -- 0.29 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.45 in.
Actual so far this year -- 19.07 in.
Normal so far this year -- 15.67 in.

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1 ft. -- 1 ft.
Makaha -- 2-4ft. -- 2-4ft.
Sunset Beach -- 8-10 ft. -- 8-10 ft.
Makapuu -- 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 5:54 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:38 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 0:44 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 12:07 p.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: First qtr. Nov. 7, full Nov. 14, last Nov. 21.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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