1 December 2000 Through 7 December 2000 UTC

Temperatures:
Average Temp...-27.5 C/-17.5 F
Maximum Temp...-24.9 C/-12.8 F on day 4 
Minimum Temp...-29.2 C/-20.6 F on day 2 

Sky Cover:
Average Sky Cover in 8ths... 1 
Days clear............. 6 
Days partly cloudy..... 1 
Days cloudy............ 0 

Sunshine Data:
Sunset on 21 March
Average hours/day......... 24.0
Percent of possible....... 100

Station Pressure in Millibars:
Average pressure.... 693.0 mb
Highest pressure.... 695.7 mb on day 1  
Lowest pressure..... 691.0 mb on day 5 

Physio-altitude in Feet and Meters:
Average physio-alt = 10142 ft/ 3091 m
Highest physio-alt = 10216 ft/ 3114 m on day 5 
Lowest physio-alt  = 10041 ft/ 3061 m on day 1 

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

Wind:
Average wind speed......... 12.5 mph or 10.8 kts
Maximum gust............... 25 mph or 22 kts on day 4 
Maximum gust direction..... from grid North
Vectored wind direction.... 029 degrees
Vectored wind speed........ 10.4 kts
Prevailing direction....... grid North

Balloon Flight Data:
Number of soundings for the period.... 14 
Average height of soundings...... 19.0 mb
Highest sounding................  4.0 mb, or 38800 Meters
                                  on day 02/12Z Flight

 0 soundings were missed
 13 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
 1 sounding was terminated due to flight equipment failure.

**Records**
No records were tied or broken during the week.