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Royal Society Range Weather Forecast

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

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Wed afternoon, min -36°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Fri morning, min -31°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).

Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
Cloud base (m)
1800
2250
1850
1750
1850
1800
1800
1700
1450
1450
1450
2000
2200
2100
1850
km/h
10
ENE
10
S
10
S
5
SE
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
15
SE
25
SE
40
S
50
S
35
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
WSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-35
-35
-35
-34
-34
-34
-33
-32
-31
-28
-28
-27
-26
-25
-27
-26
min °C
-36
-35
-35
-34
-34
-34
-34
-32
-32
-31
-28
-28
-27
-26
-27
-27
 chill °C
-45
-45
-44
-44
-43
-45
-44
-40
-43
-44
-45
-46
-44
-39
-37
-38
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-36-35-35-34-34-34-34-32-32-30-28-28-27-26-27-27-31-30-29-29-29-29-29-27-26-24-22-22-21-21-21-21-26-25-23-23-24-24-24-22-21-19-15-17-16-15-15-17-23-18-17-20-18-18-19-15-14-13-8-10-11-8-8-13
Sunrise
—
5:01
—
—
4:50
—
—
4:39
—
—
4:28
—
—
4:16
—
—
Sunset
—
—
—
10:50
—
—
11:00
—
—
11:10
—
—
11:22
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—
11:35

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Royal Society Range Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Royal Society Range is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Wed afternoon, min -36°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Royal Society Range Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Fri morning, min -31°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).

This table gives the weather forecast for Royal Society Range at the specific elevation of 3000 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
80 km ENE
10m alt.
3 hours ago
-29°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
15
Light winds from the E
(15 kph at 90).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
Williams Field
89 km ENE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-26°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
30
Fresh winds from the E
(30 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Dumont Durville
1494 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-10°C
-
98
Stormy winds from the SSE
(98 kph at 160).
DomeA
1648 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-65°C
-
6
Light winds from the SW
(6 kph at 230).
ASCATC154E63S
1785 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
56
Near gales from the WNW
(56 kph at 301).
- km
ASCATB154E63S
1787 km NW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
59
Near gales from the NW
(59 kph at 304).
- km
ASCATC153E63S
1792 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
56
Near gales from the WNW
(56 kph at 303).
- km
ASCATB153E63S
1794 km NW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
58
Near gales from the NW
(58 kph at 306).
- km
ASCATC152E63S
1798 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the NW
(52 kph at 308).
- km
ASCATB152E63S
1802 km NW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
54
Near gales from the NW
(54 kph at 310).
- 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.