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Buckle Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Fri 23 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sat afternoon, min -17°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the W by Sun afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Wed morning, min -19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, gales from the E by Wed afternoon).

Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light snow
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
cloudy
light snow
Cloud base (m)
0
200
200
km/h
5
NNW
10
NE
10
ESE
15
SE
20
E
15
E
5
SE
10
W
25
W
50
WNW
50
W
25
W
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
45
E
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
1
4
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
2
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-14
-15
-15
-14
-14
-13
-14
-17
-16
-15
-18
-18
-19
-18
-17
-13
min °C
-15
-15
-15
-15
-15
-14
-16
-17
-17
-19
-18
-19
-19
-19
-18
-16
 chill °C
-21
-20
-20
-22
-24
-21
-16
-23
-28
-34
-33
-28
-28
-19
-24
-27
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-15-15-15-15-15-14-15-17-17-17-18-19-19-19-18-15-11-11-10-12-10-9-11-12-11-13-14-13-16-15-13-11
Sunrise
—
5:50
—
—
5:47
—
—
5:43
—
—
5:39
—
—
5:35
—
—
Sunset
—
—
9:52
—
—
9:57
—
—
—
10:00
—
—
10:05
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—
10:08

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Buckle Island Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Buckle Island is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sat afternoon, min -17°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the W by Sun afternoon).

Buckle Island Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Wed morning, min -19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, gales from the E by Wed afternoon).

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
Williams Field
1241 km S
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-13°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 120 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
1250 km S
10m alt.
2 hours ago
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
17
Light winds from the ESE
(17 kph at 120).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: scattered
1620 km NNE
16m alt.
1 hour ago
8°C
-
30
Fresh winds from the WNW
(30 kph at 290).
hy2c195E62S
1648 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
55
Near gales from the NNE
(55 kph at 28).
- km
hy2c195E61S
1648 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the NNE
(51 kph at 28).
- km
hy2c194E61S
1649 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the NNE
(45 kph at 15).
- km
hy2c196E62S
1652 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
59
Near gales from the NNE
(59 kph at 30).
- km
hy2c197E62S
1654 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
57
Near gales from the NNE
(57 kph at 32).
- km
hy2c193E60S
1655 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the SW
(32 kph at 225).
- km
hy2c197E63S
1656 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
58
Near gales from the NNE
(58 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.