000 CDUS44 KTSA 070803 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 6 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 96 258 PM 107 1970 94 2 102 MINIMUM 75 520 AM 54 1894 72 3 75 AVERAGE 86 83 3 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.48 -0.48 0.21 SINCE JUN 1 8.82 7.95 0.87 5.33 SINCE JAN 1 26.52 26.05 0.47 26.08 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 24 MONTH TO DATE 118 103 15 144 SINCE JUN 1 986 987 -1 1128 SINCE JAN 1 1285 1195 90 1518 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 300 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 107 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 62 2004 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 7 2007........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT AUGUST 8 2007........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 814 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 19.4 +0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 77700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT