Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, August 7, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Fair tonight, low in the mid 70s. Mostly sunny tomorrow, highs 85-90. Trades 10-20 mph with locally higher gusts.

Extended forecast

Saturday-Monday: Mostly sunny days, fair nights. Lows in the 70s, highs upper 80s to the lower 90s. Trades 10-20 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Fair tonight and mostly sunny tomorrow.

Trades 10-20 mph with locally higher gusts.

Big Island

Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo and Puna: Mostly fair tonight and mostly sunny tomorrow.

Leeward Kohala and Kona: Mostly cloudy early tonight, then becoming fair. Sunny tomorrow morning, then becoming cloudy with a few upslope showers in the afternoon.

Winds will be light and variable in the Kona areas, trades 10-20 mph, with locally higher gusts, elsewhere.

Marine advisories

A surface ridge 550 nautical miles north of Honolulu is nearly stationary.

There are no marine warnings posted.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet. Fair tonight and sunny tomorrow.

Channels between the islands: East winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet tonight and tomorrow.

Volcano

A lava flow from the Puu Oo area is within 500 feet of the sea on the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park coast.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 88 °F
Record high 1994 -- 91 °F
Average Aug.high -- 89°F
Today's low -- 76°F
Record low1979 -- 68°F
Average Aug.low -- 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 76 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Zero
Actual so far this month -- trace in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.14 in.
Actual so far this year -- 15.32 in.
Normal so far this year -- 11.68 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 7:08 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:08 a.m. tomorrow
Moonset -- 10:00 p.m. today
Moonrise -- 10:33 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: First qtr. Aug. 11, full Aug. 18, last qtr. Aug. 24.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium






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