UW Automatic Weather Stations - 2011

Regions:Years: Antarctic%20Peninsula
Stations (2011):

    Sky-Blu AWS

    Owner: UW/UK UW/UK
    Site Code: SKY
    Initial Start Date: 1999-02-07
    Info from Service Visit: 2006-11-26
    Latitude: -74.792 S
    Longitude: -71.488 W
    Elevation: 1,510 meters
    WMO ID: 89272

    AWS Model:


    Station Records:
    Max. Temp. (C) 1.9   2000-01-31
    Min. Temp. (C) -53.3   2009-07-09
    Max Wind (m/s) 46.2   2000-01-31
    Max. Press. (mb) 844.4   2000-09-07
    Min. Press. (mb) 755.3   2010-05-27


    Notes: It is near an area of Blue Ice (extremely hard and dense ice which has lost the air bubbles that normally cloud the ice). It provides a runway able to accommodate wheeled aircraft that are larger than can be handled by other types of runways in the area.