Weekly Climate Summary for 03 May 2002 through 09 May 2002 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica
Temperature:
Average temp... -63.3°C / -81.9°F
Maximum temp... -58.9°C / -74.0°F on day 4
Minimum temp... -67.4°C / -89.3°F on day 3
Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.1 mph or 8.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 20 mph or 17 knots on day 4
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Southeast
Average vectored wind....... 103 degrees at 8.3 knots
Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 686.4 mb
Highest pressure... 699.4 mb on day 9
Lowest pressure.... 672.5 mb on day 4
Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10388 ft/ 3166 m
Highest physio-alt = 10912 ft/ 3326 m on day 4
Lowest physio-alt = 9905 ft/ 3019 m on day 9
Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 0
Days clear................... 7
Days partly cloudy........... 0
Days cloudy.................. 0
Sunshine:
Sunrise on 23 September 2002
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0
Visibility:
0 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.
Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 82.8 mb, or 17187 meters
Highest sounding..................... 15.8 mb, or 26032 meters
on day 04/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.
7 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken during the week.