Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, February 4, 1998

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair and cool. Lows to lower 60s. Tomorrow, sunny. Highs 75-80. Winds, northerly 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday through Sunday, sunny days and fair nights. Lows to upper 50s. Highs to lower 80s. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, fair and cool. Tomorrow, sunny. Winds, northerly 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, clearing after brief windward showers. Tomorrow, sunny. Winds, northerly 10-20 mph.

Marine advisories

Small-craft advisory in effect for increasing winds.

Coastal waters: Tonight, northerly winds 15-25 knots, seas 4-12 ft. Fair and cool. Tomorrow, northerly winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft. Sunny.

Channels: Tonight, northerly winds 20-30 knots, seas 8-18 ft. Tomorrow, northerly winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft.

Volcano

Lava is flowing through underground tubes leading from Puu Oo crater to the sea, although no red lava is visible in the crater itself.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 81°F
Record high 1986 -- 86°F
Average February high -- 81°F
Today's low -- 71°F
Record low 1993 -- 54°F
Average February low -- 65°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 73 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.00 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.02 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.36 in.
Actual so far this year -- 0.79 in.
Normal so far this year -- 3.91 in.

Surf forecast

-- Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft
Makaha -- 2-3ft. -- 2-3ft.
Sunset Beach -- 3-5ft. -- 3-5ft.
Makapuu -- 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:24 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 7:08 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 2:16 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 1:49 p.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Full Feb. 11, last qtr. Feb. 19, new Feb. 26.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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