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

Portal Mountain
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 11 am Thu 27 Aug Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sat afternoon, min -39°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Sat morning, calm by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Tue afternoon, min -28°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloudy
clear
clear
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2050
2050
2050
2100
2100
2050
2050
2100
2100
2100
2150
4850
2100
2100
2100
2100
2100
km/h
40
SSE
45
S
50
S
30
S
35
S
45
S
50
S
35
S
30
S
10
NW
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
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Snowflake cm
2
2
1
2
2
 mm
max °C
-37
-32
-26
-31
-35
-27
-25
-24
-25
-27
-27
-23
-23
-24
-22
-21
-20
-20
min °C
-39
-34
-30
-33
-35
-33
-25
-24
-27
-28
-27
-26
-23
-24
-23
-21
-20
-21
 chill °C
-59
-54
-46
-49
-53
-52
-42
-39
-32
-39
-37
-35
-30
-33
-31
-28
-28
-29
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-40-37-32-34-38-33-29-28-28-27-25-24-25-25-23-21-20-21-38-33-28-32-35-30-25-24-26-28-27-25-23-24-23-21-20-21-34-27-23-27-30-25-18-18-22-28-29-24-19-21-21-19-17-19
Sunrise
10:55
10:44
10:33
10:22
10:12
10:03
Sunset
3:56
4:07
4:16
4:27
4:36
4:45

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Portal Mountain Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Portal Mountain is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sat afternoon, min -39°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Sat morning, calm by Sat night).

Portal Mountain Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Tue afternoon, min -28°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

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
Williams Field
183 km E
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-18°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
2.0 km
Mid: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
410 km NNE
29m alt.
3 hours ago
-29°C
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 240 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: clear
Dumont Durville
1415 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-23°C
-
26
Moderate winds from the S
(26 kph at 180).
40 km
Mid: scattered
1555 km S
2835m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (26 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
1.8 km
Mid: clear
DomeA
1590 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 230).
Casey
2024 km W
42m alt.
3 hours ago
-23°C
State of sky unchanged.
15
Light winds from the S
(15 kph at 170).
50 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATB116E62S
2291 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the WNW
(34 kph at 282).
- km
ASCATB117E62S
2300 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the WNW
(27 kph at 287).
- km
ASCATB115E62S
2320 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the W
(35 kph at 278).
- km
ASCATB114E62S
2329 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the W
(40 kph at 279).
- 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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