Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, January 29, 1998

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, fair. Low in lower 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High near 80. Winds, northeast 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday and Sunday, fair at night. Mostly sunny days. Monday, partly cloudy with a few showers. Lows 65-70. Highs 75-80.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds, northeast 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, sunny morning, mostly cloudy afternoon. Winds, becoming northeast 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

Small-craft advisories in effect for all waters due to large ocean swell.

A high-surf advisory in effect for north and west shores of all islands. Caution is advised for Waianae, Hilo and Kahului harbors.

Haleiwa harbor is closed due to harbor surge and surf breaking into harbor.

Coastal waters: Tonight, northeast winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft, lowering to 10 knots, seas 2 ft tomorrow.

Channels: Tonight, northeast winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft, lowering to 15 knots, seas 4 ft tomorrow.

Volcano

Sporadic surface breakouts of lava are taking place on the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park coast, accompanied by huge clouds of steam where lava enters the sea.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 81°F
Record high 1989 -- 84°F
Average January high -- 80°F
Today's low -- 62°F
Record low 1994 -- 56°F
Average January low -- 66°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 78 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Zero
Actual so far this month -- 0.77 in.
Normal so far this month -- 3.35 in.
Actual so far this year -- 0.77 in.
Normal so far this year -- 3.35 in.

Surf forecast

-- Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.
Makaha -- 5-8ft. -- 4-5ft.
Sunset Beach -- 10-15 ft. -- 8-10 ft.
Makapuu -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:20 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 7:10 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 8:16 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 9:09 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: First qtr. Feb. 3, full Feb. 11, last qtr. Feb. 19.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium






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