000 CDUS44 KTSA 030857 CLIFSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 357 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 ................................... ...THE FORT SMITH ARKANSAS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 2 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 80 729 AM 109 2000 89 -9 93 MINIMUM 71 907 PM 51 1882 67 4 62 AVERAGE 76 78 -2 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.54 2.70 1974 0.10 2.44 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.54 0.20 2.34 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 2.54 0.20 2.34 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 46.70 28.33 18.37 27.50 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 13 -2 13 MONTH TO DATE 29 26 3 25 SINCE SEP 1 29 26 3 25 SINCE JAN 1 1740 1613 127 1818 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.5 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) 89 109 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 50 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 3 2008.....SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 4 2008.....SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 740 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 19.5 -0.0 MEAN FLOW (CFS) TODAY 21000 ........................................................... ALL DATA MEASURED AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT