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– Lat/Long: 70.17° S 69.27° W

Mount Athelstan
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 8 am Tue 18 Aug Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Tue morning, min -18°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Fri night, min -17°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod snow
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
clear
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
mod. snow
Cloud base (m)
8000
1400
1900
500
550
600
800
550
600
600
550
550
500
km/h
5
SE
10
E
15
ENE
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
25
WNW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
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Snowflake cm
3
11
1
8
 mm
max °C
-9
-9
-10
-14
-16
-16
-15
-15
-16
-16
-14
-9
-9
-10
-9
-11
-12
-12
min °C
-9
-9
-14
-15
-16
-16
-15
-17
-18
-17
-15
-13
-10
-10
-11
-11
-12
-13
 chill °C
-12
-14
-14
-21
-24
-24
-23
-28
-31
-27
-25
-22
-20
-20
-19
-19
-22
-23
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-9-9-12-15-16-16-15-16-17-17-15-11-10-10-10-11-12-13-8-6-10-13-14-14-14-14-14-16-14-10-8-9-9-10-10-10-8-7-9-11-13-14-13-12-13-16-14-9-7-7-8-8-9-9-8-7-8-10-11-14-13-10-12-16-14-8-6-5-7-7-7-7
Sunrise
10:07
10:02
9:56
9:52
9:47
9:42
Sunset
5:15
5:20
5:23
5:29
5:32
5:37

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Mount Athelstan Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Athelstan is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Tue morning, min -18°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Mount Athelstan Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Fri night, min -17°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds.

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Athelstan at the specific elevation of 1615 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Mount Athelstan. 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
BaseSanMartin
243 km NNE
7m alt.
3 hours ago
-11° C
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 160 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATC277E66S
740 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
51
Near gales from the S
(51 kph at 189).
- km
ASCATC278E66S
742 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the S
(50 kph at 185).
- km
ASCATB277E66S
745 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the S
(48 kph at 184).
- km
ASCATC276E66S
757 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the S
(46 kph at 190).
- km
ASCATC278E65S
758 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the S
(39 kph at 183).
- km
ASCATC279E65S
766 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the S
(52 kph at 183).
- km
ASCATB276E66S
767 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the S
(33 kph at 182).
- km
ASCATB277E65S
793 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the S
(30 kph at 177).
- km
ASCATC275E66S
794 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the S
(38 kph at 186).
- 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.