**************************************************************************** Palmer Station Weather Highlights: April 2003 Temperature: Abs Max: 6.2 C Day: 6 Abs Min: -6.3 C Day: 29 Avg: -0.6 C Avg Max: 1.4 C Avg Min: -2.0 C Pressure: Abs Max: 1019.2 mb Day: 9 Abs Min: 951.6 mb Day: 29 Avg: 989.7 mb Avg Max: 994.6 mb Avg Min: 985.2 mb Wind: Peak: 67 kts Day: 29 Avg: 9 kts Days Prevailing: N: 6 NE: 4 E: 1 SE: 1 S: 5 SW: 3 W: 3 NW: 7 Precipitation: Melted: 81.7 mm YTD: 256.3 mm Snow: 28 cm YTD: 148 cm Days with Precipitation: 27 Days with Snow: 20 Maximum Snowstake Depth: 27 cm Day: 28 Clouds: Average Cloud Coverage: 92% Days Overcast: 25 Days Partly Cloudy: 4 Days Clear: 1 ============================== Daily Weather Data ============================== Column Titles: 1. Day 9. Wind Peak Direction (degrees) 2. Temperature High (C) 10. Wind Avg (knots) 3. Temperature Low (C) 11. Wind Prevailing Direction 4. Temperature Avg (C) 12. Precipitation Melted (mm) 5. Pressure High (mb) 13. Precipitation Snow (cm) 6. Pressure Low (mb) 14. Depth at Snowstake (cm) 7. Pressure Avg (mb) 15. Sky Coverage (tenths) 8. Wind Peak (knots) 16. Sea Temp/Ice (WMO coding) April 2003 01 2.4 -0.2 0.6 991.9 976.9 984.0 47 000 14 NW 17.0 1 0 7 000020/8/0 02 2.9 -0.6 1.2 995.0 991.9 993.6 27 330 9 NW 2.5 0 0 10 010080/8/0 03 4.9 0.8 3.2 994.9 984.2 990.3 54 030 17 NW 4.0 0 0 10 000010/7/0 04 3.8 1.6 2.3 990.4 982.7 986.5 43 350 21 NW 4.5 0 0 10 010020/8/0 05 4.5 1.2 2.4 995.1 990.4 992.9 33 110 12 NW 8.9 0 0 10 000020/8/0 06 6.2 1.1 3.1 994.3 992.0 993.6 29 020 7 SE 6.6 0 0 10 000030/8/0 07 5.1 0.4 1.1 1000.0 994.3 997.5 10 120 3 W 2.1 0 0 10 000030/8/0 08 1.7 -2.2 -0.8 1013.5 1000.0 1008.7 12 010 4 N 0.3 T 0 3 000140/7/0 09 1.9 -2.5 -0.9 1019.2 1013.5 1017.5 9 030 4 NE 0.0 0 0 5 000030/7/0 10 4.7 -1.0 2.4 1018.9 989.7 1000.9 50 000 18 N T T 0 10 000040/7/0 11 3.4 -0.2 0.7 994.2 983.6 989.3 26 330 8 NW T 0 0 9 000040/8/0 12 1.0 -1.8 -0.9 995.2 988.9 992.3 27 210 10 SW 1.3 3 3 10 000000/8/0 13 0.4 -1.8 -0.7 995.9 992.6 993.8 15 210 4 S 0.1 T 0 10 000000/8/0 14 2.2 -2.2 -1.3 1006.8 995.9 1003.5 16 000 3 S 0.0 0 0 7 000020/8/0 15 -0.4 -1.8 -1.1 1006.8 1002.1 1003.2 10 000 4 S 0.9 T T 10 010020/8/0 16 -1.7 -3.5 -3.0 1004.1 1002.1 1003.3 11 050 3 NE 0.3 T T 10 000020/8/0 17 -0.7 -4.3 -2.4 1002.1 996.2 997.2 11 200 2 NE 0.4 T T 10 010060/8/0 18 0.8 -1.6 -0.4 1002.3 995.4 998.7 12 160 2 S 0.0 0 T 10 010070/7/0 19 -0.2 -3.2 -2.2 1005.3 1002.3 1003.8 8 280 1 S 0.4 T T 10 010070/7/0 20 0.3 -4.7 -1.9 1002.7 994.9 998.1 16 350 4 N 0.2 T T 10 010050/8/0 21 2.6 -1.0 0.5 997.3 991.4 994.9 26 350 9 SW 2.9 1 1 10 010040/8/0 22 1.8 -1.0 0.4 997.3 978.8 984.6 42 000 10 N 6.3 2 4 10 010030/8/0 23 0.6 -0.3 0.0 980.2 978.9 979.5 25 280 14 W 7.9 4 11 10 010060/8/0 24 0.2 -1.6 -0.7 980.5 974.0 976.3 25 270 8 NW 3.5 7 17 10 010070/8/0 25 0.0 -2.1 -0.9 971.6 966.1 968.4 18 230 6 W 0.4 1 21 10 010030/8/0 26 -0.6 -3.8 -3.1 968.1 955.7 960.4 45 030 12 NE 0.1 T 18 10 010050/7/0 27 -1.0 -5.3 -3.6 978.9 956.7 971.7 40 020 14 N 2.4 4 16 10 010060/7/0 28 -3.5 -6.0 -5.0 983.0 978.9 980.5 32 150 11 SW 0.8 1 27 5 010070/7/0 29 -0.1 -6.3 -2.8 978.9 951.6 959.6 67 020 25 N 4.2 2 24 10 010060/7/0 30 -0.4 -6.2 -4.5 973.1 954.4 965.9 35 120 13 E 3.7 2 23 10 010060/6/0