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Royal Society Range Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Fri 16 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sun afternoon, min -28°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, strong winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Mon morning, min -21°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Mon afternoon, moderate winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
2250
4450
5000
2000
1450
2000
2050
1750
1750
1950
1500
1350
2100
km/h
10
SE
5
SE
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
S
60
S
45
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
2
2
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-23
-22
-21
-21
-21
-21
-21
-20
-19
-18
-18
-18
-19
-20
-20
min °C
-28
-24
-22
-21
-22
-21
-22
-22
-21
-20
-19
-18
-19
-19
-20
-21
 chill °C
-36
-30
-29
-30
-31
-27
-34
-35
-35
-34
-34
-34
-33
-32
-32
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-32-29-28-28-28-28-28-28-28-27-25-25-26-26-27-28-27-24-22-21-22-21-22-22-21-20-19-18-19-19-20-21-23-18-16-16-15-15-16-14-13-14-13-11-11-13-14-14-19-13-11-11-8-8-11-8-7-7-6-4-6-7-7-9
Sunrise
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4:16
—
—
4:03
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:34
—
—
3:16
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Sunset
—
—
—
11:35
—
—
11:47
12:00
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—
12:03
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12:21
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Royal Society Range Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Royal Society Range is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sun afternoon, min -28°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, strong winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Royal Society Range Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Mon morning, min -21°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Mon afternoon, moderate winds from the SSW by Tue night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Royal Society Range at the specific elevation of 2000 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Royal Society Range. 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
89 km ENE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
1311 km S
507m alt.
1 hour ago
-47°C
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
19
Light winds from the N
(19 kph at 350).
8.0 km
Mid: scattered
High: overcast
Dumont Durville
1494 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-16°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 170).
1545 km S
2835m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 350 degs) was rejected.
28 km
Mid: overcast
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
1545 km S
2835m alt.
1 hour ago
-47°C
light snow
Diamond dust.
19
Light winds from the N
(19 kph at 350).
28 km
Mid: overcast
DomeA
1648 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB183E65S
1653 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
71
Gales from the SW
(71 kph at 230).
- km
ASCATB184E65S
1654 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
75
Severe gales from the SW
(75 kph at 226).
- km
ASCATC172E64S
1667 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the W
(53 kph at 260).
- km
ASCATB174E64S
1679 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the WSW
(51 kph at 248).
- 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.