Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, January 19, 1998

Oahu

Today's forecast

Fair tonight, lows 65-70. Mostly sunny tomorrow, highs in the upper 70s-lower 80s. Variable winds 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Wednesday-Friday: Sunny, hazy days and fair nights. Chance of a few Kauai showers Thursday. Variable winds 5-15 mph, becoming southerly.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Mostly fair tonight, then sunny, warm and hazy tomorrow. Winds variable 5-15 mph with afternoon sea breezes.

Big Island

Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo, Puna, Kau: A few showers tonight, then mostly sunny tomorrow, some afternoon clouds and upslope showers.

Leeward Kohala, Kona: Clearing tonight; sunny tomorrow morning, clouding up in the afternoon, some upslope showers.

Winds variable 5-15 mph, afternoon sea breezes and nighttime land breezes.

Marine advisories

There are no marine warnings posted. A surface ridge 360 nautical miles north of Honolulu is moving south slowly.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, winds east 10 knots, seas 2 feet, fair except for a few night and morning showers windward of the Big Island.

Channels between the islands: Winds east 15 knots, seas 4 feet tonight and tomorrow.

Volcano

Lava is flowing through an underground tube to the sea. Steam clouds in the ocean are visible from the end of Chain of Craters Road.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport

Yesterday's high 80 'F
Record high 1996 84 'F
Average Jan.high 80'F
Today's low 66'F
Record low 1980 59'F
Average Jan.low 66'F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. 87 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. 0.05 inch
Actual so far this month 0.77 in.
Normal so far this month 2.29 in.
Actual so far this year 0.77 in.
Normal so far this year 2.29 in.

Surf forecast

Today - Tomw

Ala Moana 1-3ft. - 1-3ft.
Makaha 2-3ft. - 3-5ft.
Sunset Beach 4-6ft. - 6-8ft.
Makapuu 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset 6:13 p.m. tonight
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise 11:45 a.m. today
Moonset 12:25 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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