Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, February 13, 1998

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, partly cloudy with brief showers. Low mid 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High near 80. Winds, becoming trades 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday, a few showers Kauai; fair elsewhere. Monday, a few showers all islands. Tuesday, diminishing showers.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, partly cloudy with brief showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds, becoming trades 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, mostly fair except for brief windward showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds, becoming trades 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

A front 180 nautical miles northwest of Kauai is moving east 25 knots, A ridge over the islands is nearly stationary.

High-surf advisory for the north and west shores of all islands.

Caution advised for Waianae Boat Harbor due to waves breaking in the channel.

Small-craft advisories for all waters due to high northwest swell.

Coastal waters: Tonight, south winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft. Tomorrow, east winds 10 knots, seas 2 ft.

Channels: Tonight, south winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft. Tomorrow, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft.

Volcano

Fresh lava is visible in Puu Oo crater, but no surface outbreaks taking place.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 81°F
Record high 1958 -- 85°F
Average February high -- 81°F
Today's low -- 66°F
Record low 1986 -- 58°F
Average February low -- 65°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 87 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.07 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.20 in.
Normal so far this month -- 1.11 in.
Actual so far this year -- 0.97 in.
Normal so far this year -- 4.66 in.

Surf forecast

-- Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 6-10 ft. -- 4-8ft.
Sunset Beach -- 15-18 ft. -- 8-10 ft.
Makapuu -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:29 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 7:03 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 8:41 p.m. today
Moonset -- 9:07 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Last qtr. Feb. 19, new Feb. 26, first qtr. March 4.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium






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