Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, February 11, 1998

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, fair. Low in the mid 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High in the lower 80s. -- Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday, mostly sunny day and fair night. Saturday, partly cloudy with chance of showers. Sunday, mostly sunny. Lows mid 60s. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds, variable 10-15 mph, except southwest 10-20 for Kauai.

Big Island

Tonight, fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny but with afternoon clouds over the slopes. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

There is a ridge over the islands nearly stationary.

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

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, variable winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft except southwest winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft vicinity of Kauai.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, variable winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft except southwest winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft over channels near Kauai.

Volcano

The eruption on Kilauea's east rift is unchanged, with all of the flows moving through underground tubes, breaking to the surface only at the ocean's edge where large steam clouds are created.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 79°F -- 
Record high 1958 -- 85°F -- 
Average -- February high -- 81°F -- 
Today's low -- 69°F -- 
Record low -- 1983 -- 56°F -- 
Average -- February low -- 65°F -- 
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 84 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Trace -- 
Actual so far this month -- 0.13 in. 
Normal so far this month -- 0.95 in. 
Actual so far this year -- 0.90 in. 
Normal so far this year -- 4.50 in. 

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-2 -- ft.1-2 -- ft.
Makaha -- 2-4 -- ft.3-5 -- ft.
Sunset Beach -- 6-10 -- ft.6-8 -- ft.
Makapuu -- 1-2 -- ft.1-2 -- ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:28 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 7:04 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 7:02 p.m. today
Moonset -- 7:53 a.m. tomorrow 
Phases of the moon: Full today, last qtr. Feb. 19, new Feb. 26.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium






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