000 CDUS44 KTSA 060815 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 95 331 PM 106 1934 94 1 100 MINIMUM 73 549 AM 54 1894 72 1 73 AVERAGE 84 83 1 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.40 -0.40 0.21 SINCE JUN 1 8.82 7.87 0.95 5.33 SINCE JAN 1 26.52 25.97 0.55 26.08 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 22 MONTH TO DATE 97 86 11 120 SINCE JUN 1 965 970 -5 1104 SINCE JAN 1 1264 1178 86 1494 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 46 500 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 107 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 54 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 6 2007........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT AUGUST 7 2007........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 815 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 -0.5 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 100700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT