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Buckle Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 27 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Tue night, min -16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Tue morning, stormy winds from the E by Tue night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sun afternoon, min -16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
50
0
0
100
50
300
200
150
50
50
km/h
15
NNW
20
NE
75
ENE
80
ESE
80
ESE
80
SE
60
SSE
40
S
20
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NE
20
SE
25
SSE
10
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
1
1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-13
-9
-7
-10
-11
-12
-13
-13
-14
-14
-14
-15
-14
-13
-14
-13
-12
-12
min °C
-13
-11
-10
-10
-11
-13
-13
-13
-16
-15
-14
-16
-14
-13
-14
-13
-12
-14
 chill °C
-20
-19
-24
-24
-26
-28
-27
-25
-26
-21
-14
-23
-21
-20
-21
-22
-22
-20
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
5:35
—
—
5:30
—
—
5:26
—
—
5:22
—
—
5:18
—
—
5:13
—
—
Sunset
—
—
10:08
—
—
10:13
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—
10:16
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—
10:21
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—
10:24
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10:29

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Buckle Island Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Buckle Island is: A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Tue night, min -16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Tue morning, stormy winds from the E by Tue night).

Buckle Island Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sun afternoon, min -16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

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
Jang Bogo Station
873 km S
29m alt.
2 hours ago
-17°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
22
Moderate winds from the WSW
(22 kph at 250).
35 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Dumont Durville
1019 km WSW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-19°C
-
54
Near gales from the SE
(54 kph at 140).
Williams Field
1241 km S
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-19°C
light snow
Light snow.
19
Light winds from the SSE
(19 kph at 150).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
1250 km S
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-20°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
35
Fresh winds from the SSW
(35 kph at 200).
0.4 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
1392 km NW
6m alt.
53 minutes ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
ASCATB194E63S
1521 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the NE
(22 kph at 38).
- km
ASCATB195E63S
1526 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the NW
(22 kph at 321).
- km
ASCATB196E63S
1575 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the NW
(27 kph at 308).
- km
ASCATB195E62S
1580 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
4
Calm
(4 kph at 22).
- km
ASCATB196E62S
1596 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
6
Light winds from the NNE
(6 kph at 32).
- 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.