Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, January 22, 1998

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, a few showers. Low near 70. Tomorrow, partly cloudy. High near 80. Winds, northerly 5-15 mph tonight, light and variable tomorrow.

Extended forecast

Saturday, occasional showers. Sunday, clearing. Monday, sunny. Lows mid 60s. Highs near 80.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, a few showers. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with brief showers. Winds, northerly turning light and variable tomorrow.

Big Island

Tonight, fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds, southerly 10-20 mph becoming light and variable.

Marine advisories

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

Caution advised for Waianae Harbor for northwest swell causing moderate surges.

Caution advised for all channels due to marginal winds and seas.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, northerly winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, northerly winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft.

Volcano

Lava moving through underground tubes from Puu Oo crater has stopped flowing to the sea and is causing flows in the coastal area to bulge, in some places breaking open and forming new surface flows.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 83°F
Record high 1996 - 88°F
Average January high - 80°F
Today's low - 73°F
Record low 1969 - 54°F
Average January low - 66°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 79 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport

Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.00 in.
Actual so far this month - 0.77 in.
Normal so far this month - 2.62 in.
Actual so far this year - 0.77 in.
Normal so far this year - 2.62 in.

Surf forecast

- Today - Tomw
Ala Moana - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.
Makaha - 2-3ft. - 2-3ft.
Sunset Beach - 4-6ft. - 4-6ft.
Makapuu - 1-2ft. - 1-2ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:15 p.m. today
Sunrise - 7:11 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 2:59 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset - 2:28 p.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: New Jan. 27, first qtr. Feb. 3, full Feb. 11.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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