000 CDUS44 KLCH 052233 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 432 PM CST THU NOV 5 2009 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1930 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 78 323 PM 85 2005 72 6 80 2003 1978 MINIMUM 49 648 AM 27 1939 50 -1 51 AVERAGE 64 61 3 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 6.08 1948 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.90 -0.89 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 16.10 9.72 6.38 12.15 SINCE JAN 1 45.76 50.19 -4.43 44.16 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 1 5 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 24 -8 17 SINCE SEP 1 101 73 28 103 SINCE JUL 1 101 73 28 103 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 86 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 29 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 5 2009......SUNRISE 629 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$