Oahu
Today's forecast
Tonight, brief showers. Lows upper 60s to lower 70s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Highs 80-85. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.
Extended forecast
Sunday through Tuesday, brief night and morning showers. Sunny by noon. Lows near 70. Highs 80-85.
Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai
Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.
Big Island
Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo and Puna: Tonight and tomorrow, occasional showers with some afternoon clearing tomorrow.Leeward Kohala, Kona and Kau: Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, sunny morning. Partly cloudy afternoon.
Winds, trades 10-20 mph except locally variable 5-15 mph Kona and Hilo.
Marine advisories
There are no marine warnings posted.Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, easterly winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft. Fair except for a few windward showers.
Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, Easterly winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft.
Volcano
Lava bubbling to the surface inside remote Puu Oo crater sinks back into the ground and travels through underground tubes from there to two entries into the sea seven miles to the south.
Temperatures
At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 83°F
Record high 1995 -- 88°F
Average December high -- 81°F
Today's low -- 72°F
Record low 1972 -- 58°F
Average December low -- 67°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 73 percent
Rainfall
At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.15 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.32 in.
Normal so far this month -- 2.25 in.
Actual so far this year -- 19.94 in.
Normal so far this year -- 20.47 in.
Surf forecast
Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1 ft. -- 1 ft.
Makaha -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.
Sunset Beach -- 2-4ft. -- 2-4ft.
Makapuu -- 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.
Sun and moon
Sunset -- 5:54 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 7:04 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 11:19 p.m. today
Moonset -- 11:59 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Last qtr. Dec. 21, new Dec. 29, first qtr. Jan. 5.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)
