Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Tuesday, July 22, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, becoming cloudy. Showers increasing late. Low mid 70s. Tomorrow, showers, locally heavy. High upper 80s. Winds, trades 15-30 mph.

Extended forecast

Thursday through Saturday, mostly sunny days, brief night and morning showers. Lows 70-75. Highs upper 80s.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, becoming cloudy. Showers increasing late. Tomorrow, showers, locally heavy. Winds, trades 15-30 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, showers, some heavy. Tomorrow, cloudy with showers, heavy at times.

Leeward: Tonight and tomorrow, cloudy with upslope showers.

Winds, mostly trades 15-30 mph except variable 5-15 mph in the Kona area.

Marine advisories

Small-craft advisories for all waters due to strong and gusty easterly winds, including gale warnings for the Alenuihaha Channel.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 25-30 knots, seas 12-18 ft.

Channels: Tonight, east winds 30-35 knots, seas 18-22 ft in the Alenuihaha Channel. East winds 25-30 knots, seas 12-18 ft in other channels. Tomorrow, east winds 30-35 knots, seas 18-22 ft.

Volcano

Lava is flowing into the ocean in an inaccessible spot almost four miles from the end of Chain of Craters Road.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 90°F
Record high 1986 -- 91°F
Average Julyhigh -- 88°F
Today's low -- 74°F
Record low1953 -- 67°F
Average Julylow -- 74°F

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 7:30 a.m. -- 0.01 in.
Actual so far this month -- 0.16 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.41 in.
Actual so far this year -- 14.96 in.
Normal so far this year -- 11.54 in.
Relative humidity at 7 a.M. 97 percent

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-3ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makaha -- 0 ft. -- 0 ft.
Sunset Beach -- 0 ft. -- 0 ft.
Makapuu -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:15 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:02 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 9:38 p.m. today
Moonset -- 9:50 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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