Weather

8 October 2012

South Pole Station, Antarctica

Weekly Climate Summary for 29 September 2012 through 05 October 2012 UTC

Temperature:
Average temp... -54.0°C / -65.2°F
Maximum temp... -43.9°C / -47.0°F on day 29
Minimum temp... -61.8°C / -79.2°F on day 5

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.4 mph or 10.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid North
Maximum wind speed.......... 32 mph or 28 knots on day 29
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 046 degrees at 8.5 knots

 

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 676.2 mb
Highest pressure... 682.1 mb on day 1
Lowest pressure.... 668.8 mb on day 29

 

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10771 ft/ 3283 m
Highest physio-alt = 11054 ft/ 3369 m on day 29
Lowest physio-alt= 10548 ft/ 3215 m on day 1

 

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 2
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 2

 

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2013
Average hours per day... 14.5
Percent of possible..... 60

 

Visibility:
0 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less.

 

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the week..... 14
Average height of soundings.......... 51.2 mb, or 21464 meters
Highest sounding..................... 5.8 mb, or 32597 meterson day 02/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

 

**RECORDS**
No records were tied or broken this week.