Weekly Climate Summary for 31 May 2002 through 06 June 2002
UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica
Temperature:
Average temp... -59.6°C / -75.3°F
Maximum temp... -47.2°C / -53.0°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -66.7°C / -88.1°F on day 5
Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.0 mph or 8.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 23 mph or 20 knots on day 31
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 072 degrees at 7.9 knots
Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 684.3 mb
Highest pressure... 691.6 mb on day 31
Lowest pressure.... 676.8 mb on day 3
Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10466 ft/ 3190 m
Highest physio-alt = 10749 ft/ 3276 m on day 3
Lowest physio-alt = 10194 ft/ 3107 m on day 31
Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
Days clear................... 6
Days partly cloudy........... 1
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.......... 94.1 mb, or 16226 meters
Highest sounding..................... 14.2 mb, or 25836 meters
on day 03/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.
7 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken during the week.