Preliminary Daily Summary(2008/12/1 - 2008/12/31)


Station:	ALEXANDRIA INTL AP	State:	LA	ID:	160098
Latitude:	31.33 degrees	Longitude:	-92.56 degrees	Elevation:	84 feet

Temperature									Precipitation				Wind(kts)
Temperature									Water Equiv	DFN	Snow/ Ice	Snow/ Depth	Avg Spd	Res Spd	Res Dir	Peak Gust	Weather Occurrences	Obs
Day	Max	Min	Avg	DFN	Dpt	Rel Hum	HDD	CDD	Water Equiv	DFN	Snow/ Ice	Snow/ Depth	Avg Spd	Res Spd	Res Dir	Peak Gust	Weather Occurrences	Obs
12/01/08	53	33	43	-11	31	65	22	0	0.00 T	-0.20	M	M	5.4	4.5	290	26 w		24
12/02/08	58	28	43	-11	31	69	22	0	0.00	-0.20	M	M	4.7	4.3	155	M x		24
12/03/08	75	42	59	6	53	76	6	0	0.25	0.05	M	M	10.0	9.4	161	26 v	4 1 5	24
12/04/08	63	36	50	-3	37	69	15	0	0.37	0.17	M	M	9.9	8.7	7	31 w	4 1	24
12/05/08	50	32	41	-12	24	56	24	0	0.00	-0.20	M	M	5.4	5.0	20	M x		24
12/06/08	56	29	43	-10	29	67	22	0	0.00	-0.20	M	M	2.5	2.0	325	M x		24
12/07/08	60	31	46	-6	33	67	19	0	0.00	-0.20	M	M	2.2	1.2	110	M x		24
12/08/08	69	36	53	1	46	74	12	0	0.00	-0.20	M	M	9.0	8.9	141	M x		24
12/09/08	75	48	62	10	61	90	3	0	3.10	2.90	M	M	10.4	4.9	179	38 r	4 1 5	24
12/10/08	48	37	43	-9	37	89	22	0	0.19	-0.01	M	M	11.2	10.9	333	M x	4 1	24
12/11/08	51	36	44	-7	33	75	21	0	1.30	1.10	M	M	10.9	10.8	313	27 u	4 1	24
12/12/08	60	30	45	-6	33	68	20	0	0.00 T	-0.20	M	M	1.5	0.3	139	M x	3	24
12/13/08	58	35	47	-4	41	76	18	0	0.00	-0.21	M	M	10.5	10.4	133	M x		24
12/14/08	73	55	64	13	57	77	1	0	0.00 T	-0.21	M	M	10.8	10.4	150	26 w	4	24
12/15/08	72	38	55	4	54 a	90 a	10	0	0.00 T	-0.21	M	M	6.1 a	3.4	32	M x	1	23
12/16/08	42	34	38	-13	37	95	27	0	0.51	0.30	M	M	3.5	3.2	29	M x	4 1	23
12/17/08	52	42	47	-3	47	98	18	0	0.46	0.25	M	M	2.0	1.2	42	M x	1 2 4	23
12/18/08	75	51	63	13	60	94	2	0	0.01	-0.20	M	M	4.5	3.8	152	M x	2 1	23
12/19/08	76	65	71	21	66	87	0	6	0.00 T	-0.21	M	M	6.2	5.8	193	M x	4	23
12/20/08	74	64	69	19	63	84	0	4	0.00	-0.21	M	M	5.1	3.8	216	M x	1	23
12/21/08	64	33	49	-1	25	46	16	0	0.00	-0.21	M	M	10.0	9.6	3	M x		23
12/22/08	36	26	31	-18	13	45	34	0	0.00	-0.21	M	M	6.5	5.4	46	M x		23
12/23/08	69	36	53	4	46	72	12	0	0.04	-0.17	M	M	11.9	11.2	139	M x	4 1	23
12/24/08	77	60	69	20	63	86	0	4	0.56	0.35	M	M	8.5	5.4	186	26 w	4 1	23
12/25/08	60	56	58	9	54	90	7	0	0.04	-0.17	M	M	4.2	3.7	79	M x	4 1 2	23
12/26/08	78	59	69	20	66	85	0	4	0.00 T	-0.21	M	M	8.8	8.6	160	M x	2 1	23
12/27/08	M	M	M	-	62	82	M	M	M	-	M	M	9.1	7.7	173	36 s	4 5 1	23
12/28/08	M	M	M	-	42	75	M	M	M	-	M	M	4.8	4.2	355	M x	4	23
12/29/08	M	M	M	-	36	65	M	M	M	-	M	M	2.1	1.9	3	M x		23
12/30/08	M	M	M	-	40	76	M	M	M	-	M	M	2.3	1.8	198	M x	7 4	23
12/31/08	M	M	M	-	40 q	90 q	M	M	M	-	M	M	3.0 q	0.7	360	M x	1	7
Ag/Sum	62.5	41.2	51.9				353	18	6.83
Norm	60.8	40.5	50.7				456.0	11.0	6.39
DFN	1.7	0.7	1.2				-103	7	0.44

Temperature Data		Precipitation Data		Weather Occurrences Legend
AVERAGE MONTHLY	51.9	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH	6.83	1 = Fog/Mist
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL	1.2	DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL	0.44	2 = Heavy fog
HIGHEST 78 ON 12/26		GREATEST 24HR TOTAL	3.10	3 = Drizzle
LOWEST 26 ON 12/22		NUMBER OF DAYS WITH		4 = Rain
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH		- 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP	10	5 = Thunderstorm
MAX 32 OR BELOW	0.0	- 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP	8	6 = Freezing Rain
MAX 90 OR ABOVE	0.0	- 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP	4	7 = Snow
MIN 32 OR BELOW	6.0	- 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP	2	8 = Haze
MIN 0 OR BELOW	0.0			9 = blowing snow
HEATING DEGREE DAYS(BASE 65)				x = tornado
TOTAL THIS MONTH	353
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL	-103	T -- trace		obs -- number of hourly observations received
COOLING DEGREE DAYS(BASE 65)		M -- estimated
TOTAL THIS MONTH	18
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL	7			values use Daily Normals calculated by SRCC