000 CDUS44 KTSA 060802 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 83 548 PM 92 1952 77 6 75 MINIMUM 67 317 AM 40 1954 55 12 61 AVERAGE 75 66 9 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.16 -0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 0.77 0.79 -0.02 2.28 SINCE MAR 1 5.33 8.64 -3.31 12.92 SINCE JAN 1 13.98 13.60 0.38 16.64 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 10 3 7 3 MONTH TO DATE 31 15 16 28 SINCE MAR 1 123 66 57 182 SINCE JAN 1 123 66 57 182 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 62 1000 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 91 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 40 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2007...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT MAY 7 2007...........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT - 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 19.5 -0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 72700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT