Portal Mountain weather
– Lat/Long: 78.10° S 159.17° E

Portal Mountain Weather Forecast

Worcester Range · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Thu 15 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Sat morning, min -26°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Mon afternoon, min -18°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
2050
2100
2100
2100
2100
2100
2050
2050
2050
2050
2050
2100
2100
2100
2100
2100
2100
2100
km/h
10
SSW
20
SE
10
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
SW
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
4
3
2
1
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-20
-21
-25
-22
-21
-21
-18
-18
-19
-15
-14
-14
-13
-12
-13
-17
-15
-16
min °C
-21
-22
-26
-23
-23
-25
-19
-19
-21
-17
-15
-16
-14
-13
-18
-17
-16
-18
 chill °C
-29
-30
-33
-28
-29
-33
-26
-28
-29
-24
-24
-25
-24
-23
-28
-26
-26
-27
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-33-32-30-28-27-27-26-26-26-26-26-25-25-24-23-25-26-27-29-30-28-26-26-24-23-24-23-22-22-21-21-21-21-21-23-21-22-26-23-22-23-19-19-20-16-15-15-14-13-16-17-16-17
Sunrise
4:50
—
—
4:37
—
—
12:00
—
—
4:13
—
—
3:58
—
—
3:42
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Sunset
—
—
11:36
—
—
11:47
12:00
—
—
12:01
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—
12:15
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—
12:32
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Portal Mountain Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Portal Mountain is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Sat morning, min -26°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Portal Mountain Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Mon afternoon, min -18°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

This table gives the weather forecast for Portal Mountain at the specific elevation of 1000 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Portal Mountain. 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
177 km E
10m alt.
2 hours ago
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
Williams Field
183 km E
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-22°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
410 km NNE
29m alt.
2 hours ago
-25°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 250).
40 km
Mid: scattered
1328 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-37°C
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (17 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
6.0 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1415 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-17°C
-
13
Light winds from the ESE
(13 kph at 110).
1555 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
26 km
Mid: overcast
DomeA
1590 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB181E64S
1702 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the NW
(28 kph at 318).
- km
ASCATB180E64S
1702 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the NW
(26 kph at 317).
- km
ASCATB184E65S
1711 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the NW
(34 kph at 313).
- 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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