Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Friday, October 17, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, mostly fair except for a few showers. Low 70-75. Tomorrow, partly sunny with a few showers. High 85-90. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Extended forecast

Sunday through Tuesday, sunny and fair except for brief showers. Lows 70-75. Highs 85-90.

Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, mostly fair except for a few showers. Tomorrow, partly sunny with a few showers. Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Big Island

Windward Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo, Puna and Kau: Tonight, a few showers. Tomorrow, partly sunny after morning showers.

Leeward Kohala and Kona: Tonight, showers ending then clearing. Tomorrow, sunny morning, then mostly cloudy afternoon with upslope showers.

Winds, trades 10-20 mph.

Marine advisories

A surface high-pressure ridge far north of Honolulu is moving south slowly.

Coastal waters: Tonight and tomorrow, east winds 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 ft. A few windward showers.

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

Volcano

Lava out put from Puu Oo remains steady, flowing from there through underground tubes in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to the sea.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 88°F
Record high 1995 -- 92°F
Average October high -- 87°F
Today's low -- 72°F
Record low 1978 -- 66°F
Average October low -- 72°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 82 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 8 p.m. 10/15 -- 0.01 in.
Actual so far this month -- 2.47 in.
Normal so far this month -- 1.09 in.
Actual so far this year -- 18.58 in.
Normal so far this year -- 14.03 in.

Surf forecast

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

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 6:06 p.m. tonight
Sunrise -- 6:29 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 7:52 p.m. today
Moonset -- 9:08 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Last qtr. Oct. 22, new Oct. 31, Nov. 7, first qtr.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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