Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, December 12, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, fair leeward, partly cloudy windward and mauka. Lows 60-65. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Highs near 80. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday through Tuesday, sunny days and clear nights. Lows lower 60s. Highs to lower 80s. Winds, trades.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, fair leeward, partly cloudy windward and mauka. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after some morning clouds. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers and cool again. Tomorrow, mostly sunny except for afternoon upslope cloudiness.

Leeward: Tonight, fair and cool. Tomorrow, mostly sunny except for afternoon cloudiness over the slopes. Winds, trades 10-20 mph except locally variable Hilo and Kona districts.

Marine advisories

High-surf advisory for north and west shores of all islands.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, northeast winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Mostly fair.

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

Volcano

Little lava is visible inside the remote Puu Oo cinder cone, but the mostly underground eruption continues, with lava entering the ocean on the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park coast.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 79°F
Record high 1995 -- 88°F
Average December high -- 81°F
Today's low -- 64°F
Record low 1972 -- 57°F
Average December low -- 67°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 81 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.00 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.15 in.
Normal so far this month -- 1.41 in.
Actual so far this year -- 19.77 in.
Normal so far this year -- 19.63 in.

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 4-6ft. -- 4-6ft.
Sunset Beach -- 8-12 ft. -- 8-12 ft.
Makapuu -- 2-3ft. -- 2-3ft.
Sun and moon
Sunset -- 5:51 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 7:01 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 5:08 p.m. today
Moonset -- 6:33 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Full Dec. 13, Last qtr. Dec. 21, new Dec. 29.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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