Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, March 19, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, fair. Low in the mid 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High in lower 80s. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday, mostly sunny. Saturday and Sunday, partly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows near 70. Highs lower 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, partly cloudy with a few showers. Tomorrow, partly sunny. A few morning showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, some evening cloudiness, then turning fair. Tomorrow, sunny morning. Partly cloudy afternoon with a few upslope showers. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, northeast winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Fair and sunny except for a few showers windward Big Island tonight.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, northeast winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft. Fair tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow.

Volcano

No volcanic activity is taking place except for slow churning within a lava pond deep inside Puu Oo cinder cone.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 79°F
Record high 1995 - 85°F
Average March high - 82°F
Today's low set new record - 59°F
Previous record low 1955 - 61°F
Average Marchlow - 67°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 90 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.00 in
Actual so far this month - 2.42 in.
Normal so far this month - 1.38 in.
Actual so far this year - 10.29 in.
Normal so far this year - 7.14 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:42 p.m. tonight
Sunrise - 6:35 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 3:24 p.m. today
Moonset - 4:26 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Full March 23, last qtr. March 31, new April 7.

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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