27 October 2000 Through 2 November 2000 UTC

Temperatures:
Average Temp...-46.1 C/-51.0 F
Maximum Temp...-35.8 C/-32.4 F on day 2 
Minimum Temp...-54.4 C/-65.9 F on day 31 

Sky Cover:
Average Sky Cover in 8ths... 5 
Days clear.................. 3 
Days partly cloudy.......... 0 
Days cloudy................. 4 

Sunshine Data:
Sunset on 21 March
Average hours/day......... 13.6
Percent of possible....... 57

Station Pressure in Millibars:
Average pressure.... 672.4 mb
Highest pressure.... 685.4 mb on day 2 
Lowest pressure..... 661.3 mb on day 30 

Physio-altitude in Feet and Meters:
Average physio-alt = 10916 ft/ 3327 m
Highest physio-alt = 11342 ft/ 3457 m on day 30 
Lowest physio-alt  = 10425 ft/ 3178 m on day 2 

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

Wind:
Average wind speed........ 14.5 mph or 12.6 kts
Maximum gust.............. 45 mph or 39 kts on day 1 
Maximum gust direction.... from grid West
Vectored wind direction... 340 degrees
Vectored wind speed....... 5.0 kts
Prevailing direction...... grid North

Balloon Flight Data:
Number of soundings for the period.... 14 
Average height of soundings...... 6.8 mb, or 67958 Meters
Highest sounding................. 5.2 mb, or 35741 Meters
                                  on day 29/12Z Flight

0 soundings were missed
14 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst

**Records**
Day 2 - A peak wind of 38 kts/44 mph broke the previous daily
        peak wind speed of 33 kts/ 38 mph set in 1961.