17 November 2000 Through 23 November 2000 UTC Temperatures: Average Temp...-30.6 C/-23.1 F Maximum Temp...-24.9 C/-12.8 F on day 20 Minimum Temp...-34.8 C/-30.6 F on day 17 Sky Cover: Average Sky Cover in 8ths... 6 Days clear............. 2 Days partly cloudy..... 0 Days cloudy............ 5 Sunshine Data: Sunset on 21 March Average hours/day......... 17.4 Percent of possible....... 73 Station Pressure in Millibars: Average pressure.... 688.6 mb Highest pressure.... 695.1 mb on day 21 Lowest pressure..... 681.6 mb on day 19 Physio-altitude in Feet and Meters: Average physio-alt = 10305 ft/ 3141 m Highest physio-alt = 10568 ft/ 3221 m on day 19 Lowest physio-alt = 10064 ft/ 3068 m on day 21 Visibility: 0 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less. Wind: Average wind speed........ 14.4 mph or 12.5 kts Maximum gust.............. 29 mph or 25 kts on day 18 Maximum gust direction.... from grid North Vectored wind direction... 023 degrees Vectored wind speed....... 11.3 kts Prevailing direction...... grid North Balloon Flight Data: Number of soundings for the period.... 14 Average height of soundings...... 11.0 mb Highest sounding................. 4.5 mb, or 37768 Meters on day 21/12Z Flight 0 Soundings were missed. 14 Soundings were terminated due to balloon burst. **Records** No records were tied or broken during the week.