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Mount Wharton Weather Forecast

Churchill Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Sun 04 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon night, min -26°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Mon morning, light winds from the ENE by Tue night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Thu morning, min -27°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
mod snow
light snow
cloud
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
cloudy
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2050
2000
8000
8300
5200
4550
4250
km/h
20
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
20
SE
10
ESE
10
S
10
SE
10
NE
10
N
15
WNW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
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Snowflake cm
2
8
2
—
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-24
-24
-24
-23
-22
-22
-22
-22
-23
-23
-23
-22
-22
-22
-23
-23
-24
min °C
-25
-26
-25
-23
-24
-22
-22
-24
-24
-23
-23
-23
-22
-23
-23
-23
-26
 chill °C
-37
-41
-40
-34
-32
-29
-29
-32
-32
-33
-35
-33
-32
-32
-31
-31
-26
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-25-25-25-23-23-22-22-23-24-23-23-23-22-23-23-23-25-19-20-20-18-19-18-18-19-20-21-22-21-21-21-21-22-24-13-14-13-13-15-15-13-14-17-19-23-21-21-22-20-21-24
Sunrise
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:37
—
—
5:24
—
—
5:11
—
—
4:56
—
—
Sunset
—
10:38
—
—
10:52
—
—
11:04
—
—
11:17
—
—
11:31
—
—
11:47

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Mount Wharton Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Wharton is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon night, min -26°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Mon morning, light winds from the ENE by Tue night).

Mount Wharton Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Thu morning, min -27°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Wharton at the specific elevation of 2800 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Mount Wharton. 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
401 km NNE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-14°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
28
Moderate winds from the N
(28 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
732 km NNE
29m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 10 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: few
Amundsen-Scott Airport
998 km S
507m alt.
2 hours ago
-49°C
light snow
Snow grains.
30
Fresh winds from the NNW
(30 kph at 340).
1.6 km
High: overcast
998 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (30 kph from 340 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
High: overcast
1166 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-49°C
light snow
Snow grains.
Wind obs. (30 kph from 330 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1681 km NW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-11°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
54
Near gales from the ESE
(54 kph at 120).
3.0 km
Mid: overcast
Casey
2103 km W
42m alt.
2 hours ago
-4°C
partially cloudy
Clouds developing.
57
Near gales from the ESE
(57 kph at 120).
35 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB238E70S
2354 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
51
Near gales from the ENE
(51 kph at 60).
- km
ASCATB239E70S
2381 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the NE
(52 kph at 51).
- km
ASCATB240E70S
2403 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the NE
(54 kph at 44).
- 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.