Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, April 15, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair. Low near 70. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. High in the mid 80s. Winds, trades 5-15 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday through Saturday, Sunny days and fair nights. Lows 65-70. Highs 80-85. Winds, trades 5-15 mph.

Kauai, Maui Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, mostly fair. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Winds, trades 5-15 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, isolated showers. Tomorrow, brief morning showers, then partly sunny. Winds, trades 5-15 mph.

Leeward: Tonight, evening showers dissipating and becoming fair. Tomorrow, sunny in the morning, upslope clouds and showers in the afternoon. Winds, variable 5-15 mph.

Marine advisories

There are no warnings.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 10 knots, seas 2 feet. A few windward showers, mainly for the Big Island. Otherwise fair.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet.

Volcano

Lava continues erupting in fountains up to 50 feet high at the base of Puu Oo with good viewing from Puu Huluhulu in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 86'F
Record high 1990 - 88'F
Average April high - 83'F
Today's low - 67'F
Record low 1959 - 63'F
Average April low - 69'F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 87 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.00 in.
Actual so far this month - 0.60 in.
Normal so far this month - 0.83 in.
Actual so far this year - 13.37 in.
Normal so far this year - 8.79 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:51 p.m. today
Sunrise - 6:12 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 1:18 p.m. today
Moonset - 2:23 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Full April 22, last qtr. April 28, new May 6

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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