000 CDUS44 KTSA 170803 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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 101 348 PM 109 1956 93 8 99 MINIMUM 76 549 AM 53 1992 71 5 75 AVERAGE 89 82 7 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.27 -1.27 0.78 SINCE JUN 1 8.82 8.74 0.08 5.90 SINCE JAN 1 26.52 26.84 -0.32 26.65 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 24 16 8 22 MONTH TO DATE 348 271 77 368 SINCE JUN 1 1216 1155 61 1352 SINCE JAN 1 1515 1363 152 1742 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 AM LOWEST 33 200 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 108 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 54 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 17 2007........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT AUGUST 18 2007........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 803 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 19.7 +0.4 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 55700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT