6 April 2001 through 12 April 2001 UTC Temperatures: Avg Temp...-60.7(C)/-77.3(F) Max Temp...-45.3(C)/-49.5(F) on day 6 Min Temp...-69.7(C)/-93.5(F) on day 10 Sky Cover: Avg Sky Cover (8ths)... 2 Days clear............. 4 Days partly cloudy..... 3 Days cloudy............ 0 Sunshine: Sunrise on 22 September 2001 Avg hours/day......... 0.0 Percent of possible... 0 Station Pressure (millibars): Avg pressure........ 678.4 mb Highest pressure.... 683.6 mb on day 6 Lowest pressure..... 674.0 mb on day 7 Physio-altitude in feet and meters: Average physio-alt = 10689 ft/ 3258 m Highest physio-alt = 10855 ft/ 3309 m on day 7 Lowest physio-alt = 10493 ft/ 3198 m on day 6 Visibility: 0 days with visibility of 1/4 mile or less. Wind: Avg wind speed............ 10.9 mph or 9.5 kts Max gust.................. 25 mph or 22 kts on day 6 Max gust direction........ from Grid Northeast Vectored wind direction... 087 degrees Vectored wind speed....... 8.3 kts Prevailing direction...... Grid East Balloon flight data: Number of soundings for the period.. 7 Avg hgt of soundings................ 96.2 mb, or 17699 meters Highest sounding.................... 28.9 mb, or 22977 meters on day 7/0Z flight. 0 soundings were missed. 4 soundings were terminated due to balloon burst. 3 soundings were terminated due to flight equipment failure. **RECORDS** No records were tied or broken during the week.