Oahu
Today's forecast
Brief showers tonight and tomorrow morning, then mostly sunny. Low near 70, high in the lower 80s. Trades dropping to 10-20 mph.
Extended forecast
Wednesday-Friday: Mostly sunny, highs in the lower 80s, lows 65-70. Trades 10-20 mph.
Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai
Fair leeward tonight, brief showers in windward and mauka areas. Mostly sunny tomorrow after some morning showers. Trades 10-20 mph.
Big Island
Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo, Puna: Partly cloudy, brief showers tonight and tomorrow. Leeward Kohala, Kona, Kau: Becoming fair tonight; sunny tomorrow morning, upslope clouds, some showers after noon.Variable winds 5-15 mph in Kona areas, trades 10-20 mph elsewhere.
Marine advisories
Small craft advisories remain in effect for all Hawaiian waters exposed to gusty trades.Coastal waters: East winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet, windward showers tonight and tomorrow.
Channels: East winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet, tonight and tomorrow.
Volcano
Lava from Kilauea Volcano continues to flow into the sea. Best viewing is from an outlook about three miles from the end of Chain of Craters Road. Access from the Kalapana side was shut down Friday for safety reasons by Hawaii County Civil Defense.
Temperatures
At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 81 °F
Record high 1995 -- 88 °F
Average Dec.high -- 81°F
Today's low -- 68°F
Record low1982 -- 56°F
Average Dec.low -- 67°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 -- 0.13 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.93 in.
Actual so far this year -- 19.75 in.
Normal so far this year -- 19.15 in.
Surf forecast
-- Today -- Tomw -- lf
Ala Moana -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 2-4ft. -- 2-4ft.
Sunset Beach -- 3-5ft. -- 3-5ft.
Makapuu -- 3-5ft. -- 3-5ft.
Sun and moon
Sunset -- 5:50 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:58 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 1:57 p.m. today
Moonset -- 2:32 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Full Dec. 13, Last qtr. Dec. 21, new Dec. 29.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)
