Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Monday, September 15, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

A few mainly showers tonight and tomorrow morning, then mostly sunny. Low mid 70s, high near 90. Trades 10-20 mph becoming 10-25 mph.

Extended forecast

Wednesday-Friday: Sunny days, brief night, morning showers. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90. Trades 10-25 mph.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Partly cloudy with a few showers tonight and tomorrow morning, then mostly sunny. Trades 10-20 mph becoming 10 to 25 mph tomorrow.

Big Island

Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo, Puna and Kau: A few showers tonight and tomorrow morning, then mostly sunny.

Leeward Kohala and Kona: Clearing tonight; sunny tomorrow morning, then mostly cloudy in the afternoon with a few upslope showers.

Winds light and variable in the Hilo and Kona districts; elsewhere, mostly trades 10-20 mph becoming 10-25 mph tomorrow.

Marine advisories

There are no marine warnings posted.

Coastal waters: East winds 15 knots, seas 4 feet. Tomorrow, east winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet. A few Windward showers tonight, tomorrow.

Channels: East winds 20 knots, seas 8 feet tonight; tomorrow, east winds 25 knots, seas 12 feet.

Volcano

Lava continues to enter the ocean several miles from the end of Chain of Craters Road in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 92 °F
Record high 1985 -- 93 °F
Average Sept. high -- 89°F
Today's low -- 77°F
Record low1957 -- 69°F
Average Sept. low -- 74°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 82 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- 0.26 inch
Actual so far this month -- 0.34 in.
Normal so far this month -- 0.25 in.
Actual so far this year -- 15.78 in.
Normal so far this year -- 12.41 in.

Surf forecast

Today -- Tomw -- lf
Ala Moana -- 2-4ft. -- 1-3ft.
Makaha -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.
Sunset Beach -- 1-3ft. -- 1-2ft.
Makapuu -- 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:35 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:19 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 6:03 p.m. today
Moonset -- 7:18 a.m. tomorrow
Phases of the moon: Full tomorrow, last qtr. Sept. 23, new Oct. 1.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)






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