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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK                                    
302 AM CST SUN OCT 29 2006

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...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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         67    421 PM  86    2004  70     -3       71       
                                      1950                          
  MINIMUM         43    620 AM  25    1957  46     -3       41       
  AVERAGE         55                        58     -3       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.40                      3.50   1.90     0.01    
  SINCE SEP 1     10.09                      7.11   2.98     6.52    
  SINCE JAN 1     38.83                     35.24   3.59    28.28    
                                                                     
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       10                         8      2        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  172                       119     53      116       
  SINCE SEP 1    189                       142     47      117       
  SINCE JUL 1    189                       142     47      117       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   67                        61      6      111       
  SINCE SEP 1    279                       336    -57      542       
  SINCE JAN 1   2285                      1923    362     2341       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        89      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        22      1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 29 2006.......SUNRISE   636 AM CST   SUNSET   526 PM CST   
OCTOBER 30 2006.......SUNRISE   637 AM CST   SUNSET   525 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  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  19.6         -0.2

MEAN FLOW (CFS)  
  TODAY                                        600 
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ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT