02 March 2001 through 08 March 2001 UTC

Temperatures:
Avg Temp... -54.6(C)/-66.3(F)
Max Temp... -45.2(C)/-49.4(F) on day 8 
Min Temp... -61.7(C)/-79.1(F) on day 3 

Sky Cover:
Avg Sky Cover (8ths)... 5 
Days clear............. 2 
Days partly cloudy..... 2 
Days cloudy............ 3 

Sunshine:
Sunset on 21 March
Avg hours/day......... 12.2
Percent of possible... 51

Station Pressure (millibars):
Avg pressure........ 678.6 mb
Highest pressure.... 682.4 mb on day 7 
Lowest pressure..... 672.2 mb on day 2 

Physio-altitude in feet and meters:
Average physio-alt = 10681 ft/ 3256 m
Highest physio-alt = 10924 ft/ 3330 m on day 2 
Lowest physio-alt  = 10538 ft/ 3212 m on day 7 

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

Wind:
Avg wind speed............ 14.5 mph or 12.6 kts
Max gust.................. 30 mph or 26 kts on day 7 
Max gust direction........ from Grid North
Vectored wind direction... 038 degrees
Vectored wind speed....... 11.2 kts
Prevailing direction...... Grid East

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the period... 7 
Avg hgt of soundings................. 11.5 mb, or 32234 meters
Highest sounding..................... 2.8 mb, or 39674 meters
                                      on day 3/00Z flight.

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

**RECORDS**
Day 4 - A new daily low temperature of -61.7C / -79.1F broke the previous record
        of -58.9C / -74.0F set in 1984.

Day 5 - A new daily low temperature of -61.7C / -79.1F broke the previous record
        of -58.3C / -72.9F set in 1959.