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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE                                
133 AM EST SAT DEC 18 2004

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...THE ALMA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         62    319 PM  82    1956  64     -2       59       
  MINIMUM         35    257 AM  17    1955  43     -8       37       
  AVERAGE         49                        53     -4       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.75 1975   0.12  -0.12     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.76                      1.83  -1.07     0.99    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.76                      1.83  -1.07     0.99    
  SINCE JAN 1     44.13                     47.29  -3.16    55.62    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 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                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        12      4       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  206                       185     21      286       
  SINCE DEC 1    206                       185     21      286       
  SINCE JUL 1    391                       417    -26      474       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   16                        17     -1        0       
  SINCE DEC 1     16                        17     -1        0       
  SINCE JAN 1   2485                      2512    -27     2433       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE ALMA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        81      1956                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        21      1953                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 18 2004......SUNRISE   724 AM EST   SUNSET   530 PM EST   
DECEMBER 19 2004......SUNRISE   725 AM EST   SUNSET   530 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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