Weather

Temperature:
Average temp... -40.7°C / -41.3°F
Maximum temp... -35.6°C / -32.1°F on day 3
Minimum temp... -45.5°C / -49.9°F on day 9

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 12.4 mph or 10.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 26 mph or 23 knots on day 3
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 043 degrees at 8.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 687.2 mb
Highest pressure... 692.6 mb on day 8
Lowest pressure.... 675.4 mb on day 6

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10358 ft/ 3157 m
Highest physio-alt = 10802 ft/ 3292 m on day 6
Lowest physio-alt= 10156 ft/ 3096 m on day 8

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 5
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 5
Days cloudy.................. 1

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2013
Average hours per day... 21.9
Percent of possible..... 91

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.......... 24.5 mb, or 25120 meters
Highest sounding..................... 5.5 mb, or 35397 meters on day 06/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

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