000 CDUS44 KTSA 280805 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 302 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 92 324 PM 105 2000 91 1 97 MINIMUM 68 536 AM 58 1967 69 -1 72 1887 AVERAGE 80 80 0 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.62 1965 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.42 2.18 5.24 0.96 SINCE JUN 1 16.30 9.65 6.65 9.78 SINCE JAN 1 44.16 27.75 16.41 27.48 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 15 14 1 20 MONTH TO DATE 416 440 -24 557 SINCE JUN 1 1395 1324 71 1425 SINCE JAN 1 1640 1532 108 1724 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 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) 90 106 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 52 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2008........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT AUGUST 29 2008........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 748 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 19.8 +0.1 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 35300 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT