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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
400 AM CDT THU SEP 5 2002

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 4 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         94    405 PM 109    1998  88      6       96       
  MINIMUM         72    559 AM  48    1891  67      5       73       
  AVERAGE         83                        78      5       85      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.42  -0.42     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      0.00                      0.42  -0.42     0.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.11                     28.55   5.56    25.71    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       18                        12      6       20       
  MONTH TO DATE   70                        51     19       71       
  SINCE SEP 1     70                        51     19       71       
  SINCE JAN 1   1791                      1638    153     2050       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   88       104      1998                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        51      1953                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER  5 2002.....SUNRISE   653 AM CDT   SUNSET   739 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER  6 2002.....SUNRISE   653 AM CDT   SUNSET   737 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          



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THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT VAN BUREN 

                   OBSERVED      24 HOUR     24 HOUR
                    VALUE        CHANGE      FORECAST

 STAGE (FEET) 
  THIS MORNING  19.5         +0.2

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        3700 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT