899 CDUS44 KTSA 041100 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 500 AM CST WED DEC 4 2002 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 3 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 48 1030 AM 79 1970 54 -6 61 MINIMUM 37 1159 PM 15 1895 34 3 45 AVERAGE 43 44 -1 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.89 0.14 0.75 T MONTH TO DATE 0.92 0.42 0.50 T SINCE DEC 1 0.92 0.42 0.50 T SINCE JAN 1 39.38 40.90 -1.52 34.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 21 1 12 MONTH TO DATE 63 62 1 37 SINCE DEC 1 63 62 1 37 SINCE JUL 1 754 678 76 479 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 PM LOWEST 58 900 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 79 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 14 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 4 2002......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 505 PM CST DECEMBER 5 2002......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 505 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ........................................................... THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT VAN BUREN OBSERVED 24 HOUR 24 HOUR VALUE CHANGE FORECAST STAGE (FEET) THIS MORNING 19.6 +0.2 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 1800 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT