Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, March 11, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Partly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Low near 70. High near 80. Winds becoming southwest 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday, decreasing showers. Friday and Saturday, mostly sunny and fair. Lows upper 60s. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai

Tonight, cloudy with showers and thunderstorms. Tomorrow, decreasing clouds and showers. Winds, southwest to 10-20 mph.

Maui

Tonight and tomorrow, partly cloudy with scattered showers. Winds, south to southwest to 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight and tomorrow, continued cloudy with showers and thunderstorms. Winds, southeast 10-20 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, partly cloudy with evening showers. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with scattered showers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

Caution advised for possible strong gusty winds in the vicinity of isolated thunderstorms.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, south winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Scattered showers with locally heavy rain.

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

Volcano

No eruption is taking place at Kilauea volcano and instruments show minimal underground activity.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 83°F
Record high 1986 - 86°F
Average March high - 82°F
Today's low - 70°F
Record low 1976 - 60°F
Average Marchlow - 67°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 90 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.06 in.
Actual so far this month - 0.32 in.
Normal so far this month - 0.82 in.
Actual so far this year - 8.19 in.
Normal so far this year - 6.58 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:39 p.m. today
Sunrise - 6:44 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset - 9:49 p.m. today
Moonrise - 9:40 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: First qtr. March 15, full March 23, last qtr. March 31.

(Courtesy Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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