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National Weather Service Forecast Office - Honolulu, Hawai`i weather.gov Home Site Map News Organization Search Local forecast by "City, St" or Zip Code Search by city or zip code. Press enter or select the go button to submit request Current Hazards Hawai`i Tropical Cyclones National Current Conditions Observations Satellite Hydrology River & Lake AHPS Analyses Radar Imagery Kaua`i Moloka`i Kohala South Point Hawai`i Mosaic CONUS Radar Experimental Radar Forecasts Hawai`i Marine Aviation Fire Weather Local Graphics National Graphics Experimental Text Model Output Alaska Aviation Wx Aviation Wx Ctr Climate Hawai`i New Hawai`i Climate El Nino/La Nina Climate Prediction NCDC Weather Safety Weather Radio Weather & Safety Tsunami Information Event Summaries StormData Skywarn Spotters Weather in Hawaii Turn Around, Don't Drown StormTsunamiReady EMWIN About Us Our Mission Our Office Our Products Contact Us Comments... Pacific Region Links Regional HQ Central Pacific Hurricane Center WFO Guam WSO Pago Pago Pacific Tsunami Warning Center International Tsunami Information Center NOAA NWS WFO Honolulu Top News of the Day The 2005 End of Season Tropical Weather Summary is available. Click on the map below for the latest forecast. en espaol Last map update: Wed, Jan. 25, 2006 at 6:11:12 am HST Read watches, warnings & advisories. Zoom Out High Surf Advisory Small Craft Advisory Coastal Hazard Message Use the drop down menu to select an alternate link to zone forecasts. Island of Niihau - Niihau Island of Kauai - Kauai Windward - Kauai Leeward - Kauai Mountains Island of Oahu - Oahu South Shore - Waianae Coast - Oahu North Shore - Oahu Koolau - Olomana - Central Oahu - Waianae Mountains Island of Molokai - Molokai Windward - Molokai Leeward Island of Lanai - Lanai Makai - Lanai Mauka Island of Kahoolawe - Kahoolawe Island of Maui - Maui Windward West - Maui Leeward West - Maui Central Valley - Windward Haleakala - Leeward Haleakala - Haleakala Summit Big Island of Hawaii - Kona - South Big Island - Big Island North and East - Kohala - Big Island Interior - Big Island Summits Marine Locations - Coastal Forecast - Offshore Forecast Forecast at a Glance for Honolulu Airport TODAY JAN 25 THU JAN 26 FRI JAN 27 SAT JAN 28 SUN JAN 29 MON JAN 30 TUE JAN 31 /81 71/81 71/81 70/81 70/83 68/83 68/83 POP 40 POP 40 POP 20 POP 10 POP 10 POP 10 POP 0 Use the following drop down menu to change the forecast at a glance to a city near you. Then bookmark that page to always see that city's forecast at a glance when you visit. Lihue Waimea (Kauai) Honolulu Kaneohe Makaha Wahiawa Molokai Lanai Kahului Hana Haleakala Kapalua Hilo Kona Hawaii Nat'l Park Mauna Kea Lenticular clouds taken from the Four Seasons/Hualalai Resort north of Kona The Weather Forecast Office activates the Central Pacific Hurricane Center when there is a tropical system in the central Pacific. Local Storm Reports | Public Information Statements | Record Event Reports NOAA Weather Radio Station KBA99 Serving Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and part of the Big Island on 162.550 & 162.400 MHz Station WWG27 Serving parts of the Big Island on 162.550 MHz Phone Recordings From O`ahu O`ahu Forecast incl Honolulu & Vicinity (808) 973-5286 O`ahu Forecast (808) 973-4380 or 973-4381 Marine Forecast (808) 973-4382 Surf Observations and Forecast (808) 973-4383 Coastal Winds and Buoy Observations (808) 973-6114 From Maui Maui Community Forecast (808) 877-5111 Maui Marine Forecast (808) 877-3477 or 877-3949 From Kaua`i Kaua`i Forecast (808) 245-6001 Kaua`i Marine Forecast (808) 245-3564 From the Big Island Hilo and vicinity Forecast (808) 935-8555 Big Island Forecast (808) 961-5582 Big Island Marine Forecast (808) 935-9883 Local Climate Water & Weather Topics: Current Hazards , Current Conditions , Radar , Satellite , Climate , About our Office , Contact Us National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast Office 2525 Correa Rd, Ste 250 Honolulu, HI 96822 (808) 973-5286 Web Master's email: W-HFO.Webmaster@noaa.gov Disclaimer Credits Glossary Privacy Policy About Us Career Opportunities

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Hawaiian Tropic Suncare Products From The Beautiful Turtle Bay Resort On The North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii The 21st Annual Miss Hawaiian Tropic ® International United States Pageant Finalists Are Announced! 2003 US Finalists North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii - September 27, 2003 – Waves, sun and the Aloha Spirit set the tone at the luxurious Turtle Bay Resort on the gorgeous North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii as the resort hosted the 21st Annual Miss Hawaiian Tropic ® International United States Pageant Finals. The Top 4 Miss Hawaiian Tropic International United States Finalists are: Brooke Paller, Palm Beach, Florida; Kimberley Choma, Superbowl – San Diego; Ashley Smith, Jacksonville, Florida; and Elaine Arias, St. Augustine, Florida. Miss Congeniality is Kimberly Solomon, Evansville, Indiana and Miss Photogenic is Ashley Moss, Rio Grande, Texas. Sponsors Of The Miss Hawaiian Tropic International United States Finals Presented Promotional Contracts To Selected Contestants. Those sponsors and contestants are: Bennett Productions’ Bikini Destinations Award Winners are : Juliet Lighter, Kauai, Hawaii; Lien Fellows, Austin, Texas; Elaine Arias, St. Augustine, Florida; Jaime Acker, Madison, Wisconsin; Tiffany Gudding, Birmingham, Alabama; Kehau Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii and Eden Taylor, Clearwater Beach, Florida. Conair Corporation’s Smoothest Skin Award Winners are: Grand Prize Winner is Joanna Harbin, Orlando, Florida; Second Place Winner is Ashley Smith, Jacksonville, Florida and Third Place Winner is Natalie Pandorf, Tampa, Florida. TrimSpa’s Award Winner is: Kehau Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii. Body Glove’s Award Winner is: Krisi Ballentine, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Yamaha Watercraft Group’s Winners are: Jaime Miller, Spring Break Tour Gulf and Bonnie Conte, Miami Beach, Florida. Alto Reed’s Award Winner is: Brooke Paller, Palm Beach Florida. American Waterstar’s Award Winner is: Kimberly Cozzens, Las Vegas, Nevada. 511 Tactical’s Award Winners are: Amber Ettinger, New York, New York and Krisi Ballentine, Hot Springs, Arkansas. More than 95 gorgeous contestants from across the United States competed from Sept. 21 – Sept. 28, 2003, with the Pageant Finals taking place on Sept. 26th, for the prestige of being chosen as one of four Miss Hawaiian Tropic International United States Finalists. Hawaiian Tropic® is extremely fortunate to have such a beautiful host location for the pageant event. Turtle Bay’s legendary North Shore sands, luxurious accommodations and world class amenities provide the perfect tropical backdrop for the 2003 Miss Hawaiian Tropic® International United States Pageant Finals. The event was hosted by actor Lorenzo Lamas and co-hosted by Erica Reams, Miss Hawaiian Tropic International 2003, as well as the talented Sterling Rice. The theme for this year’s pageant is “Let’s Go Surfing.” The location’s exquisite luxury, service and attention to detail added to the ambience of the pageant. Nationally recognized sponsors included: Anheuser-Busch, American Waterstar, Bennett Productions, Bill Mack, Body Glove, Christian Riese Lassen, Conair/RUSK Haircare, Creative Leisure International, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Daytona Harley-Davidson, Dollar Rent A Car, E & J Gallo Winery, 5.11 Tactical Series, Steve Kaufman, Infinity Sound Systems, Raymond Weil Watches, Jewels of Beverly Hills, TrimSpa, and Yamaha Watercraft Group. *Special Note: The pageant festivities were filmed by Sterling Productions, in association with Bennett Productions, Inc., for an upcoming one-hour televised special that will broadcast nationally in the spring/summer of 2004. For more information on Pageant events please contact the Miss Hawaiian Tropic ® International Pageant Office at (386)677-9559, ext. 575 or check out our website, www. htropic.com . Aloha! Exclusive!

Hawaiian Quilts by Men's

Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features By Photographer, Star-Bulletin The caption goes here. -- By Ken Sakamoto, Star-Bulletin Anselm Lum, 82, doing some stitching at his Kaimuki home, has been quilting since the 1970s when he finished a piece that his wife had started. Needlework isn't just the realm of women, as a new exhibit of quilts at the Mission Houses Museum demonstrates By Burl Burlingame Star-Bulletin NOW that women can captain B-52s -- and can get cashiered out of the service for being as dumb as a man -- is it any surprise that men are sewing quilts? Some of the best of local man-made quilts go on display tomorrow at the Mission Houses Museum in a show called "Na Kapa Kuiki Hawai'i Na Ka Lima Kane (Hawaiian Quilts by Men's Hands)." Hawaiian quilting as a folk-art tradition began with the thrifty missionaries recycling scraps of cloth, and eventually became a way for women to express themselves artistically. Quilting can be done either as a solitary activity or with many hands helping simultaneously. Anselm Lum, 82, always liked doing needlepoint and needlework to keep his fingers busy, and enjoyed "art day" at Central Grammar School when the kids turned flour sacks into decorative hand towels using basic cross-stitching. He eventually became a carpenter and a school construction inspector. By Craig T. Kojima, Star-Bulletin From left, closeups of quilt "Kaahumanu" by Anselm Lau; Hana Pa'a by Kimo Balai; and Naupaka Lihikai by Lau. When wife Helen took a class in Hawaiian quilting in the 1970s, Lum picked up an unfinished project and finished it. Since then, he figures he's spent 13,000 hours quilting, usually while Helen worked in the evenings. "It's just therapy for me," he said. "I'm retired, so I only work mornings. I don't want to be a couch potato! And there's nothing on TV to watch anyways." By Sharon Balai, special to the Star-Bulletin Kimo Balai, a young quilter at 45, is caught tending to his craft in this photo taken by his wife, Sharon. Lum's designs are traditional -- "I'm not trying to influence anyone!" -- and he figures the only method he uses that's different is the old carpenter's dictum to measure twice, cut once. "I do a lot of measurements. Some quilters do it by eye. Not me. I plot mine out." Stan Yates, 51, a government expert on disabilities on Kauai, was "blown away" by the beauty and precise construction of Hawaiian quilts, and devoured every book he could find on the subject in the Lihue library. He began quilting in 1986, and by 1988 won a blue ribbon at the Kauai County Fair for a baby quilt design. He likes making quilts in which the positive and negative spaces are interlocked, like a Escher print, and in his spare time demonstrates quilting techniques at Kauai hotels. By Craig T. Kojima, Star-Bulletin Mai Poina 'Oe I'au by Kimo Balai. Younger quilters include Kimo Balai, 45, a lineman for the Hawaii Electric Light Company who lives in Kamuela, Hawaii, and Lincoln Okita, 46, a Honolulu probation officer. Balai's wife Sharon joined Ka Hui Kapa 'Apana O Waimea, a Big Island quilting group, in 1985, and Balai began paying dues so that he could partake in the refreshments brought by the women (the way to a man's hands is through his stomach?). A few years later, he became interested enough to learn, and since then has completed three quiltS. His first, called "Mai Poina 'Oe I'au (Don't You Forget Me)" was designed by Sharon to remind him that he is always on his busy wife's mind. Okita began quilting in 1981, also as a husband-wife activity, when he and wife Jo Malmstrom-Okita were living on a Sioux reservation in South Dakota, and they became determined to make a Sioux star-quilt together for their bed. Okita began Hawaiian quilting in 1990 after seeing Elizabeth Akana's TV show about Hawaiian quilting techniques. The precise stitching and obvious progress at the end of each session allows the quilter to get into a Zen zone of concentration, like a meditative state. "Quilting is my stress-reducer and provides me with a sense of concrete accomplishment that you usually don't get from social work," said Okita. By Craig T. Kojima, Star-Bulletin The Mission Houses Museum quilt display is open through July 12. Quilt show What: "Na Kapa Kuiki Hawai'i Na Ka Lima Kane (Hawaiian Quilts by Men's Hands)" When: Tomorrow through July 12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays Where: Chamberlain House, Mission Houses Museum Cost: $5; $4 for seniors, miliatry and residents; $2 for college students, $1 for children 4 to 8 Call: 531-0481 Text Site Directory: [News] [Business] [Features] [Sports] [Editorial] [Community] [Info] [Letter to Editor] [Stylebook] [Feedback] © 1997 Honolulu Star-Bulletin http://starbulletin.com

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