Hawaii Weather

National Weather Service

Thursday, November 13, 1997

Oahu

Today's forecast

Tonight, brief showers. Lows 70-75. Tomorrow, increasing clouds and showers mainly windward. High in the mid 80s. Winds, trades 10-25 mph.

Extended forecast

Saturday-Sunday, showers mainly windward. Monday, sunny morning, then showers. Lows 65-70. Highs mid 80s.

Kaui, Maui, Molokai, Lanai

Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, increasing clouds and showers mainly windward. Winds, trades 10-25 mph.

Big Island

Windward: Tonight, brief showers. Tomorrow, increasing clouds and showers.

Leeward: Tonight, clearing. Tomorrow, sunny in the morning. A few upslope showers again in the afternoon.

Winds, mostly trades 10-25 mph.

Marine advisories

Small craft should exercise caution due to marginal wind and seas in all Hawaii waters.

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

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

Volcano

Kilauea Volcano's east rift eruption continues, with lava flowing seven miles to the sea in remote areas of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Temperatures

At Honolulu Airport
Yesterday's high -- 84°F
Record high 1987 -- 90°F
Average November high -- 84°F
Today's low -- 74°F
Record low 1950 -- 65°F
Average November low -- 70°F
Relative humidity, 7 a.m. -- 74 percent

Rainfall

At Honolulu Airport
Last 24 hours as of 2 a.m. -- Trace
Actual so far this month -- 0.31 in.
Normal so far this month -- 1.22 in.
Actual so far this year -- 19.09 in.
Normal so far this year -- 16.44 in.

Surf forecast

-- Today -- Tomw
Ala Moana -- 1-3ft. -- 1-3ft.
Makaha -- 2-3ft. -- 2-3ft.
Sunset Beach -- 3-5ft. -- 3-5ft.
Makapuu -- 1-2ft. -- 1-2ft.

Sun and moon

Sunset -- 5:51 p.m. today
Sunrise -- 6:42 a.m. tomorrow
Moonrise -- 5:37 p.m. today
Moonset -- 6:48 a.m. tomorrow

Phases of the moon: Full Nov. 14, last Nov. 21, new Nov. 29.
(Courtesy of Bishop Museum Planetarium)

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