Mount Francais weather
– Lat/Long: 64.63° S 63.45° W

Mount Francais
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 2 am Thu 30 Jul Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sat night, min -29°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the S on Thu night, strong winds from the SSW by Sat morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Sun night, min -15°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Sun morning, moderate winds from the WSW by Tue morning).

Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
Sunday
2
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod snow
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
mod. snow
Cloud base (m)
200
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
350
300
6000
650
km/h
75
WSW
65
SSW
75
SSW
70
SSW
80
SSW
80
SSW
60
SSW
50
SW
55
SSW
55
S
35
SSW
45
SW
55
SW
50
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
30
W
45
WNW
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Snowflake cm
2
6
 mm
max °C
-26
-29
-21
-17
-16
-16
-15
-15
-12
-11
-11
-10
-11
-12
-14
-13
-14
-14
min °C
-27
-29
-29
-19
-17
-19
-16
-15
-15
-12
-11
-11
-12
-13
-15
-13
-14
-14
 chill °C
-48
-50
-50
-36
-34
-37
-31
-28
-29
-25
-22
-23
-25
-25
-27
-23
-25
-26
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
10:07
10:03
10:00
9:57
9:55
9:51
Sunset
4:32
4:36
4:38
4:42
4:45
4:47

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Mount Francais Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Francais is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sat night, min -29°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the S on Thu night, strong winds from the SSW by Sat morning).

Mount Francais Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Sun night, min -15°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Sun morning, moderate winds from the WSW by Tue morning).

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Francais at the specific elevation of 2760 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Mount Francais. 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
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
327 km E
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
19
Light winds from the SSW
(19 kph at 200).
0.0 km
Centro Met. Antártico Presidente Eduardo Frei
352 km NE
48m alt.
1 hour ago
-4° C
No report.
Wind obs. (115 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
353 km NE
45m alt.
58 minutes ago
-5° C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
48
Strong winds from the WSW
(48 kph at 250).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
359 km NE
52m alt.
1 hour ago
-3° C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
Puerto Williams
1105 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
-
15
Light winds from the WSW
(15 kph at 250).
10.0 km
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
1130 km NW
204m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 290 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Rio Grande Airport
1233 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
Dry and partly cloudy.
7
Light winds from the SW
(7 kph at 220).
0.0 km
Low: few
Mid: overcast
1362 km NW
215m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
9
Light winds from the WNW
(9 kph at 290).
0.0 km
Mount Pleasant Airport
1456 km NNE
214m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
19
Light winds from the WNW
(19 kph at 290).
0.0 km
Rio Gallegos Airport
1488 km NW
215m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
13
Light winds from the W
(13 kph at 270).
0.0 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.

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