Weekly Climate Summary for 10 May 2002 through 16 May 2002 UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica
Temperature:
Average temp... -59.3°C / -74.7°F
Maximum temp... -46.1°C / -51.0°F on day 15
Minimum temp... -66.1°C / -87.0°F on day 14
Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.5 mph or 9.1 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 24 mph or 21 knots on day 12
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 066 degrees at 7.8 knots
Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 687.7 mb
Highest pressure... 698.0 mb on day 10
Lowest pressure.... 680.3 mb on day 11
Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10339 ft/ 3151 m
Highest physio-alt = 10617 ft/ 3236 m on day 11
Lowest physio-alt = 9956 ft/ 3035 m on day 10
Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
Days clear................... 5
Days partly cloudy........... 1
Days cloudy.................. 1
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.......... 60.4 mb, or 19830 meters
Highest sounding..................... 10.4 mb, or 28263 meters
on day 16/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.
7 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken during the week.