Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, January 13, 1998

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, fair and cool. Low in lower 60s. Tomorrow, hazy. High in lower 80s. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday and Friday, hazy and fair. Variable winds. Saturday, a few showers. Tradewinds. Lows mid 60s. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, clear and cool. Tomorrow, hazy. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, fair except for brief windward showers. Tomorrow, Hilo side partly cloudy with brief morning showers. Sunny elsewhere with some afternoon clouds. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

East to west surface ridge over Hawaiian Islands nearly stationary.

A high-surf advisory in effect for all north and west shores.

Caution is advised for the Waianae harbor due to the northwest swell.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east to southeast winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft. Fair except a few showers windward Big Island. Northwest swell near 6 ft.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, east to southeast winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft.

Volcano

Lava is flowing from Puu Oo crater to the sea through underground tubes, with only occasional surface breakouts of red lava.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 81°F
Record high 1996 - 86°F
Average January high - 80°F
Today's low - 62°F
Record low 1978 - 57°F
Average January low - 66°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 87 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - Zero
Actual so far this month - 0.47 in.
Normal so far this month - 1.59 in.
Actual so far this year - 0.47 in.
Normal so far this year - 1.59 in.

Surf forecast

- Today - Tomw
Ala Moana - 1-21/2 ft. - 1-21/2 ft.
Makaha - 2-4ft. - 2-4ft.
Sunset Beach - 6-10 ft. - 6-10 ft.
Makapuu - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:09 p.m. today
Sunrise - 7:12 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 7:27 p.m. today
Moonset - 8:36 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Last qtr. Jan. 20, new Jan. 27, first qtr. Feb. 3.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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