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Rawson Plateau or Mount Rawson Weather Forecast

Antarctica Ranges · Antarctica
Issued: 11 am Sun 13 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun morning. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Sun morning, min -28°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (gales from the NNE on Sun afternoon, moderate winds from the ENE by Tue night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Fri night, min -30°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Wed night, light winds from the SSE by Thu afternoon).

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
mod snow
part cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod. snow
some clouds
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
100
250
0
0
0
1100
650
km/h
60
NE
70
NNE
45
NNE
50
NNE
40
N
25
N
35
NNW
40
NNW
20
NE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
SE
25
ESE
10
SSE
25
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
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Snowflake cm
7
1
2
2
1
 mm
max °C
-14
-19
-20
-22
-23
-24
-25
-26
-27
-28
-28
-26
-25
-25
-26
-30
-29
-24
min °C
-16
-19
-22
-22
-23
-25
-26
-27
-28
-29
-28
-28
-26
-25
-30
-30
-30
-28
 chill °C
-31
-36
-36
-38
-38
-38
-42
-42
-41
-46
-44
-44
-39
-32
-47
-46
-46
-41
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-22-26-28-29-30-31-32-33-33-33-33-33-32-31-34-36-35-32-15-19-21-22-23-25-26-27-28-29-28-27-26-25-28-30-30-26-10-13-14-19-19-20-21-23-24-24-23-22-21-21-24-27-27-24-5-7-9-15-17-23-20-23-26-25-23-20-18-17-22-30-30-26
Sunrise
6:46
6:31
6:18
6:05
5:52
5:39
Sunset
3:08
3:22
3:34
3:48
4:00
4:13

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Rawson Plateau or Mount Rawson Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Rawson Plateau or Mount Rawson is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun morning. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Sun morning, min -28°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (gales from the NNE on Sun afternoon, moderate winds from the ENE by Tue night).

Rawson Plateau or Mount Rawson Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Fri night, min -30°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Wed night, light winds from the SSE by Thu afternoon).

This table gives the weather forecast for Rawson Plateau or Mount Rawson at the specific elevation of 2500 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Rawson Plateau or Mount Rawson. 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
754 km W
8m alt.
1 hour ago
-11°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
80
Severe gales from the S.(Wind varies from 160 to 220 degs)
(80 kph at 190).
5.0 km
High: broken
795 km S
3012m alt.
54 minutes ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (33 kph from 140 degs) was rejected.
1.0 km
DomeA
1647 km SSW
4084m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
hy2c257E67S
2371 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the WSW
(24 kph at 245).
- km
hy2c258E67S
2374 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the SW
(24 kph at 232).
- km
hy2c259E67S
2380 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the WSW
(26 kph at 242).
- km
hy2c257E66S
2397 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the WSW
(23 kph at 238).
- km
hy2c258E66S
2415 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the SW
(22 kph at 235).
- km
hy2c256E66S
2419 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the SW
(21 kph at 232).
- km
hy2c255E66S
2440 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
17
Light winds from the SW
(17 kph at 230).
- 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.