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Buckle Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Sat 03 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Tue morning, min -25°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WSW on Sat night, extremely windy from the W by Sun afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Tue afternoon, min -12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed morning, near gales from the W by Fri morning).

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
mod snow
cloud
clear
clear
snow showers
light snow
cloud
snow showers
light snow
mod snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
cloudy
clear
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
snow shwrs
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
Cloud base (m)
350
200
200
km/h
65
WNW
50
SSW
45
WSW
105
W
75
W
75
W
80
W
45
W
40
NNW
55
N
35
NNW
15
NNE
25
SW
20
W
30
WNW
60
W
55
W
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
7
—
—
—
6
1
—
1
4
6
5
—
—
—
—
2
2
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-12
-18
-20
-11
-8
-8
-11
-7
-3
-4
-6
-12
-11
-10
-11
-11
-10
min °C
-20
-25
-20
-14
-11
-10
-11
-10
-4
-5
-12
-12
-12
-12
-11
-11
-11
 chill °C
-35
-42
-35
-31
-26
-24
-26
-22
-13
-14
-22
-19
-21
-20
-21
-24
-23
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
250
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
—
—
7:07
—
—
7:03
—
—
7:00
—
—
6:56
—
—
6:52
—
—
Sunset
8:42
—
—
8:45
—
—
8:47
—
—
8:52
—
—
8:54
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—
8:59
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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 afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Tue morning, min -25°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WSW on Sat night, extremely windy from the W by Sun afternoon).

Buckle Island Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Tue afternoon, min -12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed morning, near gales from the W by Fri morning).

This table gives the weather forecast for Buckle Island at the specific elevation of 1239 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
-22°C
-
7
Light winds from the N
(7 kph at 350).
40 km
Mid: few
Dumont Durville
1019 km WSW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-11°C
Clouds dissolving.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 250).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Williams Field
1241 km S
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-20°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
1392 km NW
6m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
1620 km NNE
16m alt.
2 hours ago
8°C
-
33
Fresh winds from the W
(33 kph at 270).
EnderbyIslandAws
1824 km N
40m alt.
2 hours ago
10°C
-
22
Moderate winds from the W
(22 kph at 280).
2190 km N
240m alt.
2 hours ago
-
20
Moderate winds from the W
(20 kph at 260).
Sails Ashore Lodge
2234 km N
25m alt.
1 hour ago
11°C
Dry
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
Stewart Island
2235 km N
24m alt.
2 hours ago
11°C
Dry
2
Calm
(2 kph at 225).
2251 km N
52m alt.
56 minutes ago
No weather report.
7
Light winds from the SE
(7 kph at 135).

* 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.