Weekly Climate Summary for 14 June 2002 through 20 June 2002
UTC
South Pole Station, Antarctica
Temperature:
Average temp... -61.3°C / -78.3°F
Maximum temp... -51.4°C / -60.5°F on day 18
Minimum temp... -66.7°C / -88.1°F on day 14
Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 11.2 mph or 9.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 24 mph or 21 knots on day 19
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Southeast
Average vectored wind....... 088 degrees at 8.4 knots
Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 683.8 mb
Highest pressure... 694.2 mb on day 16
Lowest pressure.... 671.4 mb on day 20
Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10485 ft/ 3196 m
Highest physio-alt = 10954 ft/ 3339 m on day 20
Lowest physio-alt = 10097 ft/ 3078 m on day 16
Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 5
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.......... 102.8 mb, or 16729 meters
Highest sounding..................... 7.1 mb, or 29480 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.