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28 December 2012 - Weather

SOUTH POLE WEATHER SUMMARY
Dec 15 - Dec 21, 2012, South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -24.9°C / -12.9°F
Maximum temp... -21.2°C / -6.2°F on day 21
Minimum temp... -29.8°C / -21.6°F on day 17

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 9.8 mph or 8.5 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 21
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northwest
Average vectored wind....... 023 degrees at 5.2 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 688.1 mb
Highest pressure... 693.7 mb on day 21
Lowest pressure.... 684.5 mb on day 17

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10324 ft/ 3147 m
Highest physio-alt = 10459 ft/ 3188 m on day 17
Lowest physio-alt= 10116 ft/ 3083 m on day 21

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 6
Days clear................... 0
Days partly cloudy........... 4
Days cloudy.................. 3

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2013
Average hours per day... 16.2
Percent of possible..... 68

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.......... 26.3 mb, or 25200 meters
Highest sounding..................... 22.1 mb, or 26373 meterson day 17/12Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

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

17 December 2012 - Weather

SOUTH POLE WEATHER SUMMARY
Dec 8 - Dec 14, 2012, South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -25.3°C / -13.5°F
Maximum temp... -24.0°C / -11.2°F on day 10
Minimum temp... -26.9°C / -16.4°F on day 14

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 10.0 mph or 8.7 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 22 mph or 19 knots on day 11
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 047 degrees at 8.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 687.4 mb
Highest pressure... 690.4 mb on day 10
Lowest pressure.... 685.4 mb on day 12

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10350 ft/ 3155 m
Highest physio-alt = 10425 ft/ 3178 m on day 12
Lowest physio-alt= 10238 ft/ 3121 m on day 10

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 4
Days clear................... 1
Days partly cloudy........... 6
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2013
Average hours per day... 21.2
Percent of possible..... 88

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.......... 28.2 mb, or 24835 meters
Highest sounding..................... 21.8 mb, or 26441 meterson day 14/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

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

10 December 2012 - Weather

SOUTH POLE WEATHER SUMMARY
Dec 1 - Dec 7, 2012, South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -26.7°C / -16.1°F
Maximum temp... -24.0°C / -11.2°F on day 7
Minimum temp... -29.8°C / -21.6°F on day 1

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 7.8 mph or 6.8 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 3
Maximum wind direction...... Grid Northeast
Average vectored wind....... 037 degrees at 6.1 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 687.8 mb
Highest pressure... 690.8 mb on day 4
Lowest pressure.... 684.5 mb on days 1 and 2

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10335 ft/ 3150 m
Highest physio-alt = 10459 ft/ 3188 m on days 1 and 2
Lowest physio-alt= 10223 ft/ 3116 m on day 4

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 2
Days clear................... 4
Days partly cloudy........... 3
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2013
Average hours per day... 22.3
Percent of possible..... 93

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.......... 26.9 mb, or 25287 meters
Highest sounding..................... 11.5 mb, or 30982 meterson day 05/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

**RECORDS**
Day 7: The average daily wind speed of 2.8 kts/3.3 mph broke the previous lowest average daily wind speed record of 3.6 kts/4.1 mph set in 1997.

3 December 2012 - Weather

SOUTH POLE WEATHER SUMMARY
Nov 24 - Nov 30, 2012, South Pole Station, Antarctica

Temperature:
Average temp... -30.7°C / -23.2°F
Maximum temp... -28.1°C / -18.6°F on day 28
Minimum temp... -34.6°C / -30.3°F on day 24

Wind:
Average wind speed.......... 13.0 mph or 11.3 knots
Prevailing wind direction... Grid Northeast
Maximum wind speed.......... 28 mph or 24 knots on day 25
Maximum wind direction...... Grid North
Average vectored wind....... 044 degrees at 10.3 knots

Station Pressure:
Average pressure... 685.5 mb
Highest pressure... 688.6 mb on day 27
Lowest pressure.... 683.2 mb on day 25

Physio-altitude:
Average physio-alt = 10421 ft/ 3176 m
Highest physio-alt = 10508 ft/ 3203 m on day 25
Lowest physio-alt= 10305 ft/ 3141 m on day 27

Sky Cover:
Average cloud cover (8ths)... 1
Days clear................... 6
Days partly cloudy........... 1
Days cloudy.................. 0

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2013
Average hours per day... 23.5
Percent of possible..... 98

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.......... 23.9 mb, or 26198 meters
Highest sounding..................... 4.3 mb, or 37960 meters on day 25/00Z flight
0 soundings were missed.

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

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