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Buckle Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Tue 29 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Wed night, min -26°C on Thu morning). Mainly near gales.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sun night, min -25°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sat morning, gales from the WNW by Sun night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
light snow
light snow
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
light snow
light snow
Cloud base (m)
0
50
50
150
1350
50
km/h
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
5
N
45
WSW
50
W
40
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
15
WNW
20
NE
20
S
30
W
35
NW
60
WNW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
4
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
5
—
2
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-22
-22
-22
-21
-15
-13
-25
-21
-21
-20
-20
-22
-15
-13
-13
-14
-7
-5
min °C
-23
-22
-23
-23
-17
-20
-26
-24
-22
-21
-21
-25
-18
-14
-18
-18
-10
-16
 chill °C
-36
-34
-35
-38
-30
-34
-43
-41
-37
-34
-34
-40
-26
-22
-30
-30
-20
-30
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-26-26-26-25-19-18-26-25-20-20-21-20-15-14-16-16-11-13-23-22-23-22-16-17-26-23-22-21-21-24-17-14-16-16-9-11
Sunrise
7:28
—
—
7:24
—
—
7:20
—
—
7:16
—
—
7:11
—
—
7:07
—
—
Sunset
—
8:28
—
—
8:30
—
—
8:35
—
—
8:37
—
—
8:42
—
—
8:45
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Buckle Island Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Buckle Island is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Wed night, min -26°C on Thu morning). Mainly near gales.

Buckle Island Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sun night, min -25°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sat morning, gales from the WNW by Sun night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Buckle Island at the specific elevation of 500 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Buckle Island. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of Antarctica.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Dumont Durville
1019 km WSW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-19°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 200).
40 km
Mid: few
Williams Field
1241 km S
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-28°C
clear
Clear
24
Moderate winds from the E
(24 kph at 90).
10.0 km
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
1250 km S
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-32°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
1392 km NW
6m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
No report.
Wind obs. (31 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
1620 km NNE
16m alt.
1 hour ago
7°C
-
56
Near gales from the W
(56 kph at 260).
EnderbyIslandAws
1824 km N
40m alt.
1 hour ago
8°C
-
52
Near gales from the W
(52 kph at 270).
2190 km N
240m alt.
1 hour ago
9°C
-
50
Strong winds from the W
(50 kph at 260).
Sails Ashore Lodge
2234 km N
25m alt.
1 hour ago
10°C
Dry
13
Light winds from the NW
(13 kph at 315).
Stewart Island
2235 km N
24m alt.
1 hour ago
11°C
Dry
9
Light winds from the SW
(9 kph at 225).
2251 km N
52m alt.
54 minutes ago
No weather report.
43
Strong winds from the W
(43 kph at 270).

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.