23 February 2001 through 01 March 2001 UTC

Temperatures:
Avg Temp...-45.8(C)/-50.4(F)
Max Temp...-27.4(C)/-17.3(F) on day 23 
Min Temp...-56.8(C)/-70.2(F) on day 1 

Sky Cover:
Avg Sky Cover (8ths)... 5 
Days clear............. 1 
Days partly cloudy..... 3 
Days cloudy............ 3 

Sunshine:
Sunset on 21 March 2001
Avg hours/day......... 10.1
Percent of possible... 42

Station Pressure (millibars):
Avg pressure........ 682.3 mb
Highest pressure.... 686.7 mb on day 23 
Lowest pressure..... 672.8 mb on day 1 

Physio-altitude in feet and meters:
Average physio-alt = 10542 ft/ 3213 m
Highest physio-alt = 10901 ft/ 3323 m on day 1 
Lowest physio-alt  = 10377 ft/ 3163 m on day 23 

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

Wind:
Avg wind speed............ 7.1 mph or 6.2 kts
Max gust.................. 21 mph or 18 kts on day 1 
Max gust direction........ from Grid East
Vectored wind direction... 106 degrees
Vectored wind speed....... 4.9 kts
Prevailing direction...... Grid Southeast

Balloon flight data:
Number of soundings for the period... 7 
Avg hgt of soundings................. 8.0 mb, or 38564 meters
Highest sounding..................... 5.6 mb, or 35234 meters
                                      on day 25 /00Z flight.

7 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst.

**RECORDS**

Day 24 - A new lowest daily average windspeed record of 2.6 kts / 3.0 mph broke
         the previous record of 3.3 kts set in 1966.
Day 27 - The lowest daily average windspeed of 2.9 kts / 3.3 mph tied the previous
         record set in 1996.