946 CDUS44 KSHV 020838 CLISHV CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA 340 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 ................................... ...THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR 1 MAY 2001... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1961 TO 1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2000 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 430 PM 95 1887 80 2 80 MINIMUM 63 636 AM 42 1903 58 5 64 AVERAGE 73 69 4 72 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.40 1956 0.15 -0.15 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 MM MM 0.15 -0.15 0.17 SINCE 1 MAR 7.33 MM MM 7.49 -0.16 13.74 SINCE 1 JAN 19.61 MM MM 15.29 4.32 18.65 SNOWFALL (INCHES) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.00 2001 MM MM 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 MM MM MM MM 0.00 SINCE 1 MAR 0.00 MM MM MM MM 0.00 SINCE 1 JUL 2.20 MM MM MM MM 1.10 SNOW DEPTH (IN) 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1 MAR 387 331 56 252 SINCE 1 JUL 2623 2264 359 1651 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 5 3 7 MONTH TO DATE 8 5 3 7 SINCE 1 MAR 176 122 54 129 SINCE 1 JAN 188 136 52 172 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION 140 HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION 160 AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 88 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.48 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HIGHEST RH 93 PERCENT 400 AM LOWEST RH 54 PERCENT 300 PM AVERAGE RH 74 PERCENT .......................................................... THE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 80 94 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 58 45 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET 2 MAY 2001...........SUNRISE 628 AM SUNSET 757 PM 3 MAY 2001...........SUNRISE 627 AM SUNSET 758 PM - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE OF PRECIPITATION. && THE UVI FORECAST FOR SHREVEPORT TODAY IS 7, WHICH IS IN THE HIGH EXPOSURE LEVEL. UVI EXPOSURE LEVEL 0 1 2 MINIMAL 3 4 LOW 5 6 MODERATE 7 8 9 HIGH 10 AND GREATER VERY HIGH