*Explanation of the Preliminary Climate Data (F6) Product* * Please note this information is preliminary and subject to revision. Official and certified climatic data can be accessed at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html). * WFO Monthly/Daily Climate Data 000 CXUS55 KPQR 011230 CF6AST PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: ASTORIA MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2008 LATITUDE: 46 9 N LONGITUDE: 123 53 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 50 35 43 -2 22 0 0.39 M 0 7.3 22 240 M M 5 13 29 240 2 50 35 43 -2 22 0 0.01 M 0 3.1 9 10 M M 3 10 360 3 49 38 44 -1 21 0 0.34 M 0 10.1 25 200 M M 8 1 37 200 4 50 32 41 -4 24 0 T M 0 6.9 18 290 M M 7 22 280 5 57 30 44 -1 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 15 70 M M 2 12 17 70 6 51 33 42 -3 23 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.6 20 220 M M 4 26 240 7 51 41 46 1 19 0 0.23 M 0 5.9 18 200 M M 6 1 26 190 8 50 39 45 -1 20 0 T M 0 3.7 13 300 M M 6 1 16 300 9 56 40 48 2 17 0 T M 0 3.1 10 250 M M 7 13 250 10 59 48 54 8 11 0 0.19 M 0 11.5 25 200 M M 9 1 39 180 11 50 40 45 -1 20 0 0.09 M 0 9.9 26 250 M M 6 1 33 250 12 51 37 44 -2 21 0 0.20 M 0 5.3 16 230 M M 6 1 21 230 13 50 43 47 1 18 0 1.27 M 0 9.0 20 220 M M 9 1 28 210 14 49 41 45 -1 20 0 0.96 M 0 6.6 23 240 M M 8 1 31 240 15 50 39 45 -1 20 0 0.09 M 0 8.1 25 320 M M 9 1 29 310 16 48 39 44 -2 21 0 0.27 M 0 7.7 16 310 M M 8 1 22 210 17 48 42 45 -1 20 0 0.20 M 0 8.3 21 190 M M 10 1 28 210 18 50 37 44 -2 21 0 0.05 M 0 6.0 21 300 M M 6 1 25 310 19 52 36 44 -2 21 0 0.31 M 0 6.2 20 240 M M 5 1 26 250 20 50 36 43 -3 22 0 0.21 M 0 8.8 26 200 M M 5 1 37 190 21 50 34 42 -4 23 0 0.08 M 0 5.8 15 230 M M 4 22 250 22 60 34 47 1 18 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.0 16 210 M M 1 24 200 23 50 37 44 -2 21 0 0.70 M 0 12.6 28 190 M M 8 1 41 230 24 49 32 41 -5 24 0 0.04 M 0 5.0 12 280 M M 3 1 16 30 25 46 33 40 -7 25 0 0.75 M 0 6.0 20 210 M M 9 1 25 210 26 41 33 37 -10 28 0 0.90 M 0 5.9 24 250 M M 8 1 32 250 27 47 34 41 -6 24 0 0.15 M 0 7.0 20 230 M M 6 1 26 200 28 43 36 40 -7 25 0 0.64 M 0 11.8 26 280 M M 7 138 38 280 29 46 34 40 -7 25 0 0.46 M 0 5.3 20 310 M M 5 13 25 310 30 46 32 39 -8 26 0 0.21 M 0 5.0 16 290 M M 7 12 20 290 31 50 33 42 -5 23 0 0.05 M 0 5.6 17 320 M M 4 1 22 310 ================================================================================ SM 1549 1133 666 0 8.79 0.0 215.3 M 191 ================================================================================ AV 50.0 36.5 6.9 FASTST PSBL % 6 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 28 190 # 41 230 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: ASTORIA MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2008 LATITUDE: 46 9 N LONGITUDE: 123 53 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 43.3 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 8.79 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.7 DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.42 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 60 ON 22 GRTST 24HR 1.40 ON 12-13 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 30 ON 5 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 0.0 INCH 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 0.0 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: 0 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM: VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS 8 = SMOKE OR HAZE [NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW X = TORNADO MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 25 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 18 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 4 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 6 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 666 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 3 DPTR FM NORMAL 93 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 21 TOTAL FM JUL 1 4155 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 7 DPTR FM NORMAL 210 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.63 ON 2 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.73 ON 14 [REMARKS] #FINAL-03-08#