Subject: Palmer Station Weather Summary, April 2002 Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:25:19 -0400 From: Palmer SciTech To: dpp-messages@nsf.gov, ppenhale@nsf.gov, blettau@nsf.gov, alsuther@nsf.gov, statnmgr@spole.gov, nsfadmin@mcmurdo.gov, mpc@lmg.polar.org, mpc@nbp.polar.org, kottmest@polar.org, scorero@polar.org, edwardro@polar.org, sucherca@polar.org, karen@icess.ucsb.edu, tadday@asu.edu, wjeffrey@uwf.edu, ksmith@ucsd.edu, chucks@ssec.wisc.edu, mattl@ssec.wisc.edu, naganobu@enyo.affrc.go.jp, skchang@kordi.re.kr, johna@esci.rice.edu, rmet@south.nerc-bas.ac.uk, labman@palmer.usap.nsf.gov, manager@palmer.usap.nsf.gov, medical@palmer.usap.nsf.gov From: John F Booth, Palmer Station Science Technician To: Recipients of Palmer Station Monthly Weather Summaries If you wish to be dropped from this mailing list, please send email with your request to: scitech@palmer.usap.nsf.gov If you know anyone who might wish to be added to this list, please encourage him or her to write to the same address. ******************************************************************************** Palmer Station Weather Highlights: April 2002 Temperature: Abs Max: 5.2 C Day: 2 Abs Min: -6.7 C Day: 11 Avg: 0.2 C Avg Max: 1.9 C Avg Min: -1.7 C Pressure: Abs Max: 1002.9 mb Day: 12 Abs Min: 953.6 mb Day: 2 Avg: 983.1 mb Avg Max: 988.9 mb Avg Min: 977.1 mb Wind: Peak: 55 kts Day: 4 Avg: 11 kts Days Prevailing: N: 9 NE: 5 E: 7 SE: 0 S: 0 SW: 6 W: 3 NW: 0 Precipitation: Melted: 50.2 mm YTD: 305.0 mm Snow: 35 cm YTD: 61 cm Days with Precipitation: 23 Days with Snow: 18 Maximum Snowstake Depth: 29 cm Day: 17 Clouds: Average Cloud Coverage: 88% Days Overcast: 24 Days Partly Cloudy: 4 Days Clear: 2 ============================== 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) 01 5.0 0.6 3.1 981.9 967.4 971.3 33 360 10 N 0.6 0 0 10 000020/8/0 02 5.2 -0.4 2.2 969.9 953.6 959.1 46 030 20 NE 8.4 2 0 10 000070/6/0 03 0.6 -2.0 -0.4 980.3 967.2 976.9 27 300 11 N 1.4 2 9 6 010020/6/0 04 2.3 -1.3 0.4 979.8 955.9 962.3 55 090 22 E 4.0 4 7 10 000090/1/0 05 1.6 -1.3 0.6 983.2 955.7 973.4 34 050 17 N 4.6 3 10 9 000020/4/0 06 1.1 -2.4 -0.2 991.9 983.2 990.0 26 350 9 N 4.3 5 10 6 000050/6/0 07 0.9 -1.4 -0.5 990.2 978.1 981.7 26 220 10 SW 3.0 1 17 9 000020/0/0 08 1.8 -2.0 -0.4 984.4 978.1 982.7 30 220 10 SW 0.6 T 14 10 000010/4/0 09 2.3 -1.3 0.6 980.4 955.5 961.7 44 020 23 NE 5.1 4 13 10 000050/4/0 10 -1.2 -3.3 -2.2 984.3 959.8 976.2 42 230 21 SW 0.4 T 20 10 000020/4/0 11 -2.3 -6.7 -4.1 1002.6 984.3 998.2 21 110 8 SW 0.0 0 18 5 010050/1/0 12 0.3 -2.6 -0.9 1002.9 996.8 1000.2 16 240 4 W 0.2 0 16 10 010050/4/0 13 -0.8 -2.4 -1.7 996.8 985.9 992.0 11 180 3 SW 0.4 T 16 10 010070/4/0 14 1.1 -2.3 0.4 990.3 982.9 987.6 32 240 16 W 3.8 3 22 10 010030/4/0 15 1.2 -1.2 -0.2 990.0 982.0 985.5 19 250 5 W 0.6 T 22 10 010040/4/0 16 1.3 -1.1 0.0 982.0 975.6 977.7 13 110 1 E 7.7 10 27 10 010020/0/0 17 1.0 -4.1 -1.1 983.3 979.1 981.4 22 340 4 N 0.3 T 29 8 000080/6/0 18 2.0 -2.5 -0.2 985.4 978.3 981.7 29 080 8 E 0.0 0 27 10 010020/6/0 19 0.0 -3.5 -1.5 998.2 985.4 993.6 13 320 5 N 0.0 0 26 5 010060/6/0 20 1.1 -3.8 -1.0 1001.3 998.2 1000.7 14 210 4 SW T T 26 4 010060/4/0 21 1.2 -4.1 -0.2 1001.0 981.8 991.0 41 030 12 NE T T 25 10 010010/4/0 22 1.2 -1.5 -0.4 981.8 978.3 979.5 49 020 12 N 1.0 1 24 10 000020/5/0 23 2.6 -3.4 -0.6 984.0 975.2 980.6 49 020 13 E 0.7 0 25 10 000020/4/0 24 3.9 1.1 2.5 991.5 974.7 986.2 54 020 20 N 0.8 T 20 10 000030/4/0 25 4.7 1.3 3.2 991.8 985.7 988.2 42 020 15 N 1.6 0 13 10 010020/4/0 26 4.5 1.9 3.0 985.9 973.1 977.3 54 060 27 NE 0.7 0 0 10 000050/0/0 27 4.9 0.0 2.5 990.1 972.7 981.6 44 060 10 NE 0.0 0 0 4 000040/4/0 28 1.4 -1.2 0.3 994.8 990.1 992.9 24 020 3 E 0.0 0 0 10 000020/4/0 29 3.2 0.5 1.3 995.0 991.5 993.5 36 030 9 E 0.0 0 0 10 000020/4/0 30 4.9 -0.6 1.4 992.5 987.7 988.9 26 080 7 E 0.0 0 0 9 000020/4/0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: wx200204.xls Type: Microsoft Excel Worksheet wx200204.xls (application/vnd.ms-excel) Encoding: base64 Download Status: Not downloaded with message