16 March 2001 through 22 March 2001 UTC

Temperatures:
Avg Temp...-55.7(C)/-68.3(F)
Max Temp...-43.3(C)/-45.9(F) on day 17 
Min Temp...-65.3(C)/-85.5(F) on day 16 

Sky Cover:
Avg Sky Cover (8ths)... 6 
Days clear............. 1 
Days partly cloudy..... 2 
Days cloudy............ 4 

Sunshine:
Sunset on 22 March 2001
Avg hours/day......... 1.2
Percent of possible... 5

Station Pressure (millibars):
Avg pressure........ 678.4 mb
Highest pressure.... 683.9 mb on day 18 
Lowest pressure..... 670.9 mb on day 19 

Physio-altitude in feet and meters:
Average physio-alt = 10689 ft/ 3258 m
Highest physio-alt = 10973 ft/ 3345 m on day 19 
Lowest physio-alt  = 10481 ft/ 3195 m on day 18 

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

Wind:
Avg wind speed............... 13.5 mph or 11.7 kts
Max gust..................... 30 mph or 26 kts on day 16 
Max gust direction........... from Grid North
Vectored wind direction...... 023 degrees
Vectored wind speed.......... 9.8 kts
Prevailing direction......... Grid North

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the period... 7 
Avg hgt of soundings................. 33.3 mb, or 25246 meters
Highest sounding..................... 1.6 mb, or 42414 meters
                          		  on day 18/00Z flight.

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

**RECORDS**
Day 16 - The daily peak wind of 26 kts / 29.9 mph tied the previous daily record set in 1973.