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Buckle Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Thu 01 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Sat afternoon, min -26°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, near gales from the W by Thu afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sun night, min -21°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sat night, severe gales from the W by Mon morning).

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
mod snow
mod snow
light snow
cloud
clear
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
mod. snow
mod. snow
light snow
cloudy
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
0
150
0
km/h
25
SW
50
WSW
55
W
40
W
35
W
45
WSW
45
W
30
NE
35
N
10
SW
25
SSW
30
W
35
NW
70
W
55
W
25
W
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Snowflake cm
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
7
2
—
—
4
1
1
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-12
-23
-18
-17
-19
-19
-14
-10
-7
-16
-18
-16
-5
-6
-12
-13
min °C
-25
-26
-20
-19
-20
-20
-20
-13
-14
-21
-19
-17
-14
-9
-12
-16
 chill °C
-41
-44
-36
-32
-33
-35
-35
-23
-27
-35
-31
-28
-27
-22
-25
-27
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
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7:20
—
—
7:16
—
—
7:11
—
—
7:07
—
—
7:03
—
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Sunset
—
—
8:35
—
—
8:37
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—
8:42
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—
8:45
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8:47
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Buckle Island Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Buckle Island is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Sat afternoon, min -26°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, near gales from the W by Thu afternoon).

Buckle Island Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Sun night, min -21°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sat night, severe gales from the W by Mon morning).

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.
3 hours ago
-24°C
-
20
Moderate winds from the S
(20 kph at 190).
Williams Field
1241 km S
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
24
Moderate winds from the N.(Wind varies from 030 to 020 degs)
(24 kph at 350).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
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
9°C
-
44
Strong winds from the W
(44 kph at 270).
ASCATC130E63S
1649 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
16
Light winds from the W
(16 kph at 269).
- km
ASCATC130E62S
1661 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
13
Light winds from the W
(13 kph at 264).
- km
ASCATC129E63S
1686 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
16
Light winds from the W
(16 kph at 279).
- km
ASCATB203E67S
1718 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
60
Near gales from the SW
(60 kph at 227).
- km
ASCATB203E66S
1730 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
53
Near gales from the SW
(53 kph at 227).
- km
ASCATC128E63S
1740 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the WSW
(34 kph at 239).
- km

* 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.