Subject: Palmer Station Weather Summary, May 2002 Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 21:20:52 -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@usap.gov, scorero@usap.gov, edwardro@usap.gov, sucherca@usap.gov, 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: May 2002 Temperature: Abs Max: 5.1 C Day: 1 Abs Min: -12.7 C Day: 28 Avg: -4.7 C Avg Max: -3.0 C Avg Min: -6.7 C Pressure: Abs Max: 1013.1 mb Day: 14 Abs Min: 971.2 mb Day: 26 Avg: 991.6 mb Avg Max: 995.6 mb Avg Min: 987.4 mb Wind: Peak: 52 kts Day: 25 Avg: 8 kts Days Prevailing: N: 1 NE: 5 E: 5 SE: 0 S: 4 SW: 14 W: 1 NW: 1 Precipitation: Melted: 44.7 mm YTD: 349.7 mm Snow: 55 cm YTD: 116 cm Days with Precipitation: 26 Days with Snow: 26 Maximum Snowstake Depth: 32 cm Day: 27 Clouds: Average Cloud Coverage: 90% Days Overcast: 28 Days Partly Cloudy: 0 Days Clear: 3 ============================== 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 5.1 0.4 2.6 991.5 986.1 988.7 32 070 9 NE T T 0 10 000020/4/0 02 1.9 -0.1 0.6 1005.1 991.5 999.4 14 060 2 NW T T 0 10 010020/4/0 03 0.4 -2.2 -0.8 1008.9 1005.1 1007.8 12 220 4 NE 0.9 T 0 10 010050/5/0 04 -0.8 -4.7 -3.3 1006.4 998.3 1000.0 28 210 8 S 4.9 9 14 9 010070/4/0 05 -3.2 -4.6 -3.9 998.3 988.0 992.8 17 240 4 SW 0.2 1 10 10 0101021563 06 -2.6 -5.6 -3.8 997.9 986.7 992.4 25 060 7 E 0.1 T 9 1 010100/4/0 07 -2.4 -4.5 -3.4 998.6 984.5 993.7 17 230 7 SW 2.3 3 8 10 010040/4/0 08 -1.8 -5.2 -3.2 984.5 978.0 980.6 23 020 7 SW 0.8 1 10 10 010070/5/0 09 -4.9 -8.6 -7.0 983.5 980.6 982.2 37 110 8 E 0.5 T 10 10 010070/6/0 10 -6.7 -10.7 -8.0 986.3 982.0 983.8 45 120 10 E 0.5 T 10 10 010070/6/0 11 -2.9 -10.0 -5.6 997.4 986.3 993.5 40 120 14 E 0.0 0 9 0 010030/6/0 12 -2.8 -5.7 -3.8 1004.6 997.4 1002.7 16 220 8 SW 0.0 0 8 10 010100/6/0 13 -3.2 -9.8 -5.6 1004.5 995.4 1001.0 44 110 14 SW 3.4 4 10 10 010110/6/0 14 -5.8 -10.0 -7.8 1013.1 1001.7 1010.8 30 120 7 NE 0.0 0 13 2 010080/6/0 15 -3.5 -5.8 -4.5 1011.7 1005.9 1008.1 17 220 4 SW 0.0 0 12 9 010090/6/0 16 -0.7 -3.7 -2.2 1005.9 996.8 1000.2 22 240 7 SW 3.1 2 14 10 0100810672 17 -0.7 -2.5 -1.7 997.0 981.6 988.3 23 230 9 SW 4.6 6 21 10 0101310660 18 -2.0 -5.0 -3.4 983.3 977.8 980.2 23 230 9 SW 4.7 7 28 10 0101311661 19 -3.3 -8.4 -5.8 984.2 982.4 983.6 14 130 4 NE 0.2 1 27 10 0101121760 20 -3.0 -5.4 -4.2 986.4 981.9 983.4 23 160 7 SW 1.6 2 27 10 0101521660 21 -4.2 -7.0 -5.0 1000.4 986.4 994.1 12 020 5 N 2.4 4 30 10 0101421762 22 -3.6 -5.5 -4.5 1008.4 1000.4 1006.7 13 010 4 S 0.2 T 28 10 0101611761 23 -4.9 -7.0 -6.0 1008.4 1002.4 1005.1 14 030 5 SW 0.0 0 27 10 0101711762 24 -3.4 -7.6 -4.7 1002.4 999.4 999.9 10 190 1 S T T 27 10 0101010761 25 1.2 -7.0 -3.2 1000.1 981.5 989.6 52 020 14 SW 3.5 3 27 10 010090/8/0 26 -3.0 -8.9 -6.6 981.5 971.2 972.2 49 030 18 SW 1.8 3 28 9 0101210670 27 -8.6 -11.3 -10.2 979.3 974.1 978.0 22 220 10 SW 3.6 6 32 10 0101610660 28 -5.4 -12.7 -8.1 982.1 978.5 980.0 23 200 7 NE 0.6 1 29 10 0100921661 29 -5.2 -8.8 -7.1 982.4 977.1 980.6 23 240 10 W 0.1 T 28 10 010120/0/0 30 -6.1 -9.0 -8.1 977.3 973.9 975.4 20 190 6 S 0.1 T 26 10 0101530662 31 -6.1 -12.0 -8.9 991.5 977.3 984.8 38 100 13 E 4.6 2 25 10 010030/8/0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: wx200205.xls Type: Microsoft Excel Worksheet wx200205.xls (application/vnd.ms-excel) Encoding: base64 Download Status: Not downloaded with message