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Royal Society Range Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Sat 17 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Sun night, min -22°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat morning, gales from the S by Sun night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Thu afternoon, min -21°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Wed afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Thu morning).

Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
1950
1600
2100
2050
1250
1350
1350
1400
1550
2000
km/h
15
S
10
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
60
S
65
SSW
45
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
45
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
4
2
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-21
-21
-21
-20
-19
-18
-18
-18
-18
-19
-21
-20
-20
-20
-20
-19
-18
-18
min °C
-21
-21
-22
-21
-20
-20
-18
-18
-19
-20
-21
-21
-20
-21
-20
-20
-19
-20
 chill °C
-30
-28
-34
-34
-34
-36
-34
-34
-31
-30
-33
-34
-32
-34
-32
-31
-28
-30
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-27-28-28-27-26-25-26-26-27-27-28-27-28-27-27-26-27-21-21-22-21-20-19-18-18-19-20-21-21-20-21-20-20-19-19-15-15-16-14-13-12-13-12-12-13-14-14-13-13-13-13-11-13-9-8-11-7-6-7-6-5-7-8-8-9-6-6-9-6-5-8
Sunrise
4:03
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—
12:00
—
—
3:34
—
—
3:16
—
—
2:55
—
—
2:21
—
—
Sunset
—
—
11:47
12:00
—
—
12:03
—
—
12:21
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—
12:42
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—
1:15
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Royal Society Range Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Royal Society Range is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Sun night, min -22°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat morning, gales from the S by Sun night).

Royal Society Range Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Thu afternoon, min -21°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Wed afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Thu morning).

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.
3 hours ago
-14°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
High: overcast
Dumont Durville
1494 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-18°C
-
59
Near gales from the SE
(59 kph at 140).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
DomeA
1648 km SSW
4084m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
WilkinsRunwayEast
2067 km WSW
755m alt.
2 hours ago
-18°C
-
39
Strong winds from the E
(39 kph at 80).
Casey
2129 km WSW
42m alt.
2 hours ago
-12°C
partially cloudy
Clouds developing.
15
Light winds from the NE
(15 kph at 40).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Davis
2657 km SW
23m alt.
2 hours ago
-8°C
partially cloudy
Clouds developing.
13
Light winds from the SW
(13 kph at 220).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
2657 km N
6m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
ASCATB103E62S
2730 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the E
(36 kph at 98).
- km
ASCATB104E62S
2748 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the E
(36 kph at 94).
- km
ASCATB105E61S
2771 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the E
(35 kph at 98).
- 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.