CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 509 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 2003... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1961 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 85 100 PM 98 1983 80 5 91 MINIMUM 64 500 AM 42 1956 56 8 63 AVERAGE 75 68 7 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.91 1960 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.25 2.67 -0.42 0.20 SINCE JUN 1 17.87 10.77 7.10 7.87 SINCE JAN 1 39.72 29.21 10.51 22.65 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE JUN 1 50 54 -4 11 SINCE JUL 1 2 7 -5 1 COOLING TODAY 10 4 6 12 MONTH TO DATE 167 118 49 191 SINCE JUN 1 430 418 12 591 SINCE JAN 1 447 449 -2 640 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 300 AM LOWEST 51 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 99 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 47 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2003........SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 805 PM EDT AUGUST 23 2003........SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 804 PM EDT =========================================================== CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 509 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 2003... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1961 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 91 200 PM 104 1983 85 6 96 MINIMUM 72 MM 49 1956 63 9 70 AVERAGE 82 74 8 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.03 1967 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 3.69 2.64 1.05 0.37 SINCE JUN 1 15.17 10.32 4.85 4.92 SINCE JAN 1 41.09 28.32 12.77 15.99 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JUN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 16 14 2 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING TODAY 17 9 8 18 MONTH TO DATE 239 228 11 302 SINCE JUN 1 720 800 -80 1003 SINCE JAN 1 784 898 -114 1160 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 44 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 97 2002 1959 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 50 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2003........SUNRISE 642 AM EDT SUNSET 803 PM EDT AUGUST 23 2003........SUNRISE 643 AM EDT SUNSET 802 PM EDT ========================================================= CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 509 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 2003... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 90 300 PM 99 1983 84 6 93 MINIMUM 67 MM 48 1922 62 5 72 AVERAGE 79 73 6 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.39 1947 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.52 2.41 1.11 0.52 SINCE JUN 1 17.56 10.59 6.97 5.88 SINCE JAN 1 42.52 28.63 13.89 19.12 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JUN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 28 21 7 4 SINCE JUL 1 0 7 -7 2 COOLING TODAY 14 8 6 18 MONTH TO DATE 221 203 18 284 SINCE JUN 1 644 749 -105 911 SINCE JAN 1 701 843 -142 1041 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (99) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 52 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 98 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 49 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2003........SUNRISE 639 AM EDT SUNSET 800 PM EDT AUGUST 23 2003........SUNRISE 639 AM EDT SUNSET 759 PM EDT ==========================================================