Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Wednesday, May 7, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, partly cloudy with a few showers. Lows upper 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Highs lower 80s. Winds, northerly 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Friday through Sunday, sunny mornings, showers in the afternoons. Mostly fair nights. Lows 65-70. Highs 80-85.

Kauai, Maui Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, partly cloudy. A few showers. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Brief showers. Winds, northerly 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Tonight, diminishing showers. Tomorrow, partly sunny. A few showers mainly north sections. Winds, southwest 5-15 mph becoming northerly 10-20 mph tomorrow.

Marine advisories

Coastal waters: Tonight, north winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft over waters off Oahu and Kauai and Molokai. Rest of coastal waters southwest winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft. Diminishing showers. Tomorrow, northerly winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft. A few showers.

Channels: Tonight, Kauai and Kaiwi channels north winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Rest of channels southwest winds 15 knots, seas 4 ft. Tomorrow, northerly winds 20 knots, seas 8 ft.

Volcano

Low level eruptive activity continues at the base of Puu Oo cinder cone, a remote area about six miles from the closest accessible viewing site.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 83°F
Record high 1994 -- 87°F
Average May high -- 85°F
Today's low -- 69°F
Record low 1954 -- 64°F
Average May low -- 70°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 84 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.08 in
Actual so far this month -- 0.09 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.28 in.
Actual so far this year -- 13.86 in.
Normal so far this year -- 9.78 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:59 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 5:57 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 8:12 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 7:43 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: First qtr. May 14, full May 21, last qtr. May 28.

(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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