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20 May 2013 - Weather

SOUTH POLE ANTARCTICA WEATHER

Weather from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

Temperature:
Average temp... -58.8°C / -73.8°F
Maximum temp... -46.5°C / -51.7°F on day 17
Minimum temp... -71.0°C / -95.8°F on day 11

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.8 mph or 9.4 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 15
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 065 degrees at 7.9 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 678.4 mb
Highest pressure... 682.7 mb on day 14
Lowest pressure.... 670.0 mb on day 11

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10689 ft/ 3258 m
Highest physio-alt = 11008 ft/ 3355 m on day 11
Lowest physio-alt= 10527 ft/ 3209 m on day 14

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2013
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.......... 67.4 mb, or 18137 meters
Highest sounding..................... 10.0 mb, or 28042 meterson day 11/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**

No records were tied or broken this week.

13 May 2013 - Weather

SOUTH POLE ANTARCTICA WEATHER

Weather from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

Temperature:
Average temp... -64.7°C / -84.5°F
Maximum temp... -56.3°C / -69.3°F on day 6
Minimum temp... -75.7°C / -104.3°F on day 5

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.7 mph or 9.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 30 mph or 26 knots on day 9
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 089 degrees at 7.8 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 673.4 mb
Highest pressure... 679.3 mb on day 3
Lowest pressure.... 663.9 mb on day 10

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10878 ft/ 3316 m
Highest physio-alt = 11241 ft/ 3426 m on day 10
Lowest physio-alt= 10655 ft/ 3248 m on day 3

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2013
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..... 9
Average height of soundings.......... 68.3 mb, or 17136 meters
Highest sounding..................... 54.0 mb, or 18587 meterson day 03/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
Day 5: The temperature of -75.7°C/-104.3°F broke the previous minimum temperature record of -73.2°C/-99.8°F set in 1999.

7 May 2013 - Weather

SOUTH POLE ANTARCTICA WEATHER

Weather from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

Temperature:
Average temp... -61.3°C / -78.3°F
Maximum temp... -52.7°C / -62.9°F on day 1
Minimum temp... -66.0°C / -86.8°F on day 3

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.8 mph or 8.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid East
Maximum wind speed.......... 26 mph or 23 knots on day 30
Maximum wind direction...... Grid East
Average vectored wind....... 085 degrees at 8.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 681.6 mb
Highest pressure... 686.3 mb on day 30
Lowest pressure.... 674.2 mb on day 27

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10568 ft/ 3221 m
Highest physio-alt = 10848 ft/ 3306 m on day 27
Lowest physio-alt= 10391 ft/ 3167 m on day 30

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 3
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 2
Days cloudy.................. 1

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 20 September 2013
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.......... 47.6 mb, or 19486 meters
Highest sounding..................... 36.3 mb, or 21080 meterson day 30/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

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