000 CDUS44 KTSA 170804 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 84 334 PM 109 1956 93 -9 101 MINIMUM 69 311 AM 53 1992 71 -2 76 AVERAGE 77 82 -5 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.93 1938 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.46 1.27 5.19 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 15.34 8.74 6.60 8.82 SINCE JAN 1 43.20 26.84 16.36 26.52 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 12 16 -4 24 MONTH TO DATE 274 271 3 348 SINCE JUN 1 1253 1155 98 1216 SINCE JAN 1 1498 1363 135 1515 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... 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 2008........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT AUGUST 18 2008........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 802 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 20.0 -0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 44000 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT