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 -23°C on Sat morning, min -30°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 -20°C on Mon afternoon, min -23°C on Sun morning). Mainly strong 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
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
25
S
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
40
S
35
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
4
3
2
1
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-27
-28
-29
-27
-26
-25
-23
-23
-24
-22
-21
-21
-21
-20
-20
-21
-21
-22
min °C
-27
-29
-30
-28
-26
-26
-24
-23
-24
-23
-22
-22
-21
-21
-21
-21
-21
-23
 chill °C
-40
-42
-43
-40
-35
-32
-34
-32
-33
-35
-36
-35
-35
-35
-35
-32
-33
-36
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
—
—
Sunset
—
—
11:36
—
—
11:47
12:00
—
—
12:01
—
—
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 -23°C on Sat morning, min -30°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 -20°C on Mon afternoon, min -23°C on Sun morning). Mainly strong winds.

This table gives the weather forecast for Portal Mountain at the specific elevation of 2000 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
clear
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 40 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
High: scattered
Williams Field
183 km E
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-24°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1415 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-15°C
-
30
Fresh winds from the SSW
(30 kph at 200).
DomeA
1590 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC124E65S
1916 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
9
Light winds from the E
(9 kph at 82).
- km
ASCATC129E64S
1922 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
16
Light winds from the NNE
(16 kph at 14).
- km
ASCATB123E65S
1925 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
9
Light winds from the ENE
(9 kph at 75).
- km
ASCATC123E65S
1926 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
10
Light winds from the E
(10 kph at 92).
- km
ASCATC129E63S
1938 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
17
Light winds from the NNE
(17 kph at 26).
- km
ASCATC128E64S
1947 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
15
Light winds from the NE
(15 kph at 43).
- 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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