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Royal Society Range Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Mon 28 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Wed night, min -33°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Thu morning, min -33°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu night, calm by Fri night).

Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
3250
2050
4850
4150
4100
2000
2000
1850
550
4500
km/h
20
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
30
S
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-30
-30
-31
-33
-32
-32
-31
-30
-28
-27
-27
-28
-31
-28
-28
-29
-29
-29
min °C
-30
-31
-32
-33
-32
-32
-31
-30
-30
-28
-27
-33
-32
-29
-31
-30
-29
-30
 chill °C
-43
-40
-42
-42
-42
-43
-41
-40
-40
-39
-37
-47
-45
-39
-31
-36
-38
-40
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-35-36-38-38-38-38-37-36-35-34-34-36-37-34-35-36-35-36-30-31-32-33-32-32-31-30-29-28-27-31-32-29-30-30-29-30-25-26-28-28-28-27-26-25-24-22-21-27-26-25-25-25-23-25-20-21-25-23-23-23-20-19-19-16-16-21-21-21-21-19-18-22
Sunrise
7:03
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—
6:56
—
—
6:48
—
—
6:39
—
—
6:31
—
—
6:22
—
—
Sunset
—
8:52
—
—
9:00
—
—
9:07
—
—
9:15
—
—
9:22
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—
9:30
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Royal Society Range Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Royal Society Range is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Wed night, min -33°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Royal Society Range Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Thu morning, min -33°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu night, calm by Fri 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
-25°C
clear
Clear
33
Fresh winds from the E
(33 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1494 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-15°C
-
15
Light winds from the N
(15 kph at 10).
50 km
Mid: scattered
Casey
2129 km WSW
42m alt.
1 hour ago
-8°C
heavy snow
Heavy drifting snow, above eye level.
61
Near gales from the E
(61 kph at 90).
<100m
Mid: sky obscured
Davis
2657 km SW
23m alt.
1 hour ago
-
15
Light winds from the W
(15 kph at 260).
40 km
Mid: overcast
2657 km N
6m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
No report.
Wind obs. (31 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB107E62S
2698 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the WNW
(50 kph at 295).
- km
ASCATB106E62S
2703 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
59
Near gales from the WNW
(59 kph at 287).
- km
ASCATB107E61S
2708 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the WNW
(52 kph at 297).
- km
ASCATB105E62S
2710 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
58
Near gales from the WNW
(58 kph at 285).
- km
ASCATB104E62S
2713 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
58
Near gales from the WNW
(58 kph at 285).
- 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.