Weekly Climate Summary for 07 June 2002 through 13 June 2002
UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica
Temperature:
Average temp... -56.9°C / -70.4°F
Maximum temp... -46.8°C / -52.2°F on day 7
Minimum temp... -66.5°C / -87.7°F on day 13
Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 18.2 mph or 15.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 33 mph or 29 knots on day 8
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 023 degrees at 14.3 knots
Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 680.5 mb
Highest pressure... 687.9 mb on day 12
Lowest pressure.... 672.2 mb on day 8
Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10609 ft/ 3234 m
Highest physio-alt = 10924 ft/ 3330 m on day 8
Lowest physio-alt = 10332 ft/ 3149 m on day 12
Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 0
Sunshine:
Sunrise on 23 September 2002
Average hours per day... 0.0
Percent of possible..... 0
Visibility:
4 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.
Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 7
Average height of soundings.......... 86.0 mb, or 16610 meters
Highest sounding..................... 24.3 mb, or 22899 meters
on day 07/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.
7 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken during the week.