23 March 2001 through 29 March 2001 UTC

Temperatures:
Avg Temp...-54.6(C)/-66.3(F)
Max Temp...-39.2(C)/-38.6(F) on day 25 
Min Temp...-65.6(C)/-86.1(F) on day 23 

Sky Cover:
Avg Sky Cover (8ths)... 3 
Days clear............. 4 
Days partly cloudy..... 2 
Days cloudy............ 1 

Sunshine:
Sunrise on 22 September 2001
Avg hours/day.......... 0.0
Percent of possible. .. 0

Station Pressure (millibars):
Avg pressure........ 683.1 mb
Highest pressure.... 693.5 mb on day 25 
Lowest pressure..... 671.8 mb on day 29 

Physio-altitude in feet and meters:
Average physio-alt = 10512 ft/ 3204 m
Highest physio-alt = 10939 ft/ 3334 m on day 29 
Lowest physio-alt  = 10123 ft/ 3085 m on day 25 

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

Wind:
Avg wind speed............. 13.2 mph or 11.5 kts
Max gust................... 36 mph or 31 kts on day 28 
Max gust direction......... from Grid Northeast
Vectored wind direction.... 072 degrees
Vectored wind speed........ 9.2 kts
Prevailing direction....... Grid East

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the period.. 7 
Avg hgt of soundings................ 39.7 mb, or 23760 meters
Highest sounding.................... 14.0 mb, or 27878 meters
                          		 on day 26/00Z flight.

 0 soundings were missed.
 4 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.
 3 soundings were terminated due to flight equipment failure.

**RECORDS**
Day 28 - The daily peak wind speed of 31 kts / 36 mph broke the previous daily record of 29 kts /
33 mph set in 1988.