12 January 2001 Through 18 January 2001 UTC

Temperatures:
Average Temp...-28.3 C/-18.9 F
Maximum Temp...-23.9 C/-11.0 F on day 17 
Minimum Temp...-31.8 C/-25.2 F on day 16 

Sky Cover:
Average Sky Cover in 8ths... 5 
Days clear............. 2 
Days partly cloudy..... 2 
Days cloudy............ 3 

Sunshine Data:
Sunset on 21 March
Average hours/day......... 15.9
Percent of possible....... 66

Station Pressure in Millibars:
Average pressure.... 688.0 mb
Highest pressure.... 691.8 mb on day 18 
Lowest pressure..... 683.4 mb on day 14 

Physio-altitude in Feet and Meters:
Average physio-alt = 10328 ft/ 3148 m
Highest physio-alt = 10500 ft/ 3200 m on day 14 
Lowest physio-alt  = 10186 ft/ 3105 m on day 18 

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

Wind:
Average wind speed......... 9.0 mph or 7.8 kts
Maximum gust............... 20 mph or 17 kts on day 17 
Maximum gust direction..... from Grid North
Vectored wind direction.... 051 degrees
Vectored wind speed........ 6.1 kts
Prevailing direction....... Grid East

Balloon Flight Data:
Number of soundings for the period.... 14 
Average height of soundings...... 8.9 mb
Highest sounding................. 5.4 mb, or 36439 Meters
                                  on day 18/00Z 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.