Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, July 21, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Brief showers tonight and tomorrow morning, then mostly sunny. Lows 70-75, highs 85-90. Trades 10-20 mph tonight, 15-25 mph tomorrow.

Extended forecast

Wednesday showery. Thursday and Friday partly cloudy with showers. Trades 15-25 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Mostly fair tonight, some brief windward and mauka showers. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny after some brief morning showers. in windward and mauka areas. Trades 10-20 mph becoming 15-25 mph.

Big Island

Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo and Puna: Brief showers tonight and tomorrow morning, then partly cloudy.

Leeward Kohala, Kona and Kau: Clearing tonight, then sunny tomorrow morning. Cloudy afternoon with some upslope showers. Trades strengthening to 15-25 mph in most areas; winds variable 5-15 mph in Kona areas.

Marine advisories

There are no marine warnings posted.

Coastal waters: East winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet. a few windward showers tonight. Tomorrow, east winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 feet, a few morning showers over windward waters.

Channels: East winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet tonight. Tomorrow, east winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 feet.

Volcano

Numerous surface lava flows, including flows into the ocean, are coming down the hill four miles east of the end of Chain of Craters Road.

Temperatures


At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 91 °F
Record high 1995 -- 91 °F
Average Julyhigh -- 88°F
Today's low -- 75°F
Record low1958 -- 69°F
Average Julylow -- 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 82 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Zero
Actual so far this month -- 0.15 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.39 in.
Actual so far this year -- 14.95 in.
Normal so far this year -- 11.52 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:15 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:01 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 8:50 p.m. today
Moonset -- 8:48 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Last qtr. July 26, new Aug. 2, first qtr. Aug. 11.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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