Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, January 16, 1998

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight and tomorrow, cloudy with a few showers. Lows to mid 60s. Highs near 80. Winds, becoming gusty trades 15-30 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday and Saturday, partly cloudy with a few showers. Tuesday, sunnier. Lows 65-70. Highs 80-85.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight and tomorrow, cloudy periods with a few showers mainly windward and mauka. Winds, becoming northeast trades 15-30 mph and gusty.

Big Island

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, sunny morning, cloudy periods in the afternoon. Winds, becoming trades 10-20 mph.

Marine advisories

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

Caution advised for Waianae harbor due to northwest swell.

Coastal waters: Tonight, variable winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft. Tomorrow, winds becoming northeast 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft.

Channels: Tonight, variable winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft. Tomorrow, winds becoming northeast 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 ft.

Volcano

Kilauea's east rift eruption has entered a pause after dramatic Wednesday night flows which lit up the night sky over Puu Oo crater and national park lands to the south of it.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high a new record - 87°F
Record high 1996 - 86°F
Average January high - 80°F
Today's low - 67°F
Record low 1985 - 58°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 - 1.95 in.
Actual so far this year - 0.47 in.
Normal so far this year - 1.95 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:11 p.m. today
Sunrise - 7:12 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 9:59 p.m. today
Moonset - 10:32 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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