April 2, 2007

12:00 PM

Antarctica

The Peninsula is always hot but the continent is looking far cooler in climate than it has for some time now. 3 PM and 6 PM are missing from the animated satellite, but, those absent there is mostly freezing temperatures. Of course, the speculation still exist with East Antarctica warm in the Enderby Land and American Highlands to the understanding there still might be higher than normal temperatures sustaining there at times visible on the missing images. The average temperatures don't bear that out, however. There are more temperate areas but all are freezing except for two. Those two areas are:

Base Orcadas, Antarctica
Elevation :: 20 ft / 6 m
Temperature :: 39 °F / 4 °C
Conditions :: Partly Cloudy
Humidity :: 70%
Dew Point :: 33 °F / 0 °C
Wind :: Calm
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: 29.78 in / 1008 hPa (Rising)
Visibility :: 6.0 miles / 10.0 kilometers
Clouds :: Scattered Clouds 1476 ft / 450 m
(Above Ground Level)

King Sejong, Antarctica
Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m
Temperature :: 34 °F / 1 °C
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 72%
Dew Point :: 28 °F / -2 °C
Wind :: 65 mph / 104 km/h from the NE
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: 29.24 in / 990 hPa (Rising)
Visibility :: 6.0 miles / 10.0 kilometers
UV :: 0 out of 16

The coldest area was :
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica
Elevation :: 9285 ft / 2830 m
Temperature :: -86 °F / -65 °C
Conditions :: Scattered Clouds
Wind :: 10 mph / 17 km/h / from the East
Wind Gust :: -
Visibility :: 7.0 miles / 11.0 kilometers
Clouds :: Few 6890 ft / 2100 m
(Above Ground Level)

Conditions at Vostok:
Vostok, Antarctica
Elevation :: 11220 ft / 3420 m
Temperature :: -76 °F / -60 °C
Humidity :: 41%
Dew Point :: -82 °F / -64 °C
Wind :: 14 mph / 22 km/h from the SW