Weather

15 October 2012

SOUTH POLE WEATHER SUMMARY
October 6 - 12, 2012, South Pole Station, Antarctica

 

Temperature:
Average temp... -57.7°C / -71.9°F
Maximum temp... -49.4°C / -56.9°F on day 12
Minimum temp... -64.2°C / -83.6°F on day 9

 

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.0 mph or 10.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 31 mph or 27 knots on day 12
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 082 degrees at 8.6 knots

 

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 669.2 mb
Highest pressure... 678.8 mb on day 6
Lowest pressure.... 663.2 mb on day 9

 

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 11037 ft/ 3364 m
Highest physio-alt = 11267 ft/ 3434 m on day 9
Lowest physio-alt= 10673 ft/ 3253 m on day 6

 

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 3
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 1

 

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2013
Average hours per day... 17.1
Percent of possible..... 71

 

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.......... 21.0 mb, or 26076 meters
Highest sounding..................... 5.2 mb, or 34186 meterson day 08/00Z flight

0 soundings were missed.

 

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

Photo Credit: Polar Meteorology Group/Byrd Polar Research Center