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CDUS44 KTSA 060902
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
402 AM CDT FRI OCT 6 2006

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         80    358 PM  95    1884  79      1       88       
  MINIMUM         60   1159 PM  37    1975  55      5       67       
  AVERAGE         70                        67      3       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.60  -0.60     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      4.69                      4.21   0.48     6.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.43                     32.34   1.09    28.27    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  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     
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        10    -10        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     17                        33    -16        1       
  SINCE JUL 1     17                        33    -16        1       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         4      1       13       
  MONTH TO DATE   61                        22     39       66       
  SINCE SEP 1    273                       297    -24      497       
  SINCE JAN 1   2279                      1884    395     2296       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     48           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        96      1956                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        35      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2006.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   654 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  7 2006.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   653 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  19.4         +0.0

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        2100 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT