000 CDUS44 KTSA 110908 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 10 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 47 1159 PM 74 1929 52 -5 57 MINIMUM 36 830 AM 7 1917 32 4 40 AVERAGE 42 42 0 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.30 0.12 0.18 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 1.30 -0.33 0.01 SINCE DEC 1 0.97 1.30 -0.33 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 43.32 41.78 1.54 47.65 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 23 0 16 MONTH TO DATE 184 215 -31 271 SINCE DEC 1 184 215 -31 271 SINCE JUL 1 634 831 -197 790 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 89 100 PM AVERAGE 95 .......................................................... THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 77 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 15 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 11 2007......SUNRISE 716 AM CST SUNSET 505 PM CST DECEMBER 12 2007......SUNRISE 717 AM CST SUNSET 505 PM CST - 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 19.6 +0.3 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 8700 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT