Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, August 22, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, partly cloudy with a few showers. Low in mid 70s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after morning showers. High near 90. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday through Tuesday, sunny days and fair nights. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90. Winds, trades 10-25 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, partly cloudy with a few showers windward and mauka. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after brief morning showers. Winds, trades 10-25 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, partly sunny after a few morning showers.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, sunny morning. Cloudy afternoon with upslope showers.

Winds, trades 10-25 mph except locally variable 5-15 mph Hilo and Kona areas.

Marine advisories

Caution is advised over all waters due to marginal winds and seas.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-8 ft.

Channels: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 20-25 knots, seas 8-12 ft.

Volcano

Lava is flowing into the ocean at two locations in a remote area east of the end of Chain of Craters Road.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high - 91°F
Record high 1987 - 93°F
Average August high - 89°F
Today's low - 75°F
Record low 1984 - 70°F
Average August low - 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. - 79 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. - 0.00 in
Actual so far this month - 0.11 in.
Normal so far this month - 0.34 in.
Actual so far this year - 15.43 in.
Normal so far this year - 12.06 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset - 6:57 p.m. tonight
Sunrise - 6:13 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise - 10:36 p.m. today
Moonset - 11:39 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Last qtr. Aug. 24, new Sept. 1, first qtr. Sept. 9.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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