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Royal Society Range Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Wed 14 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Fri afternoon, min -33°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun night, min -27°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat night, severe gales from the S by Mon morning).

Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
2050
1300
1700
500
1500
2300
2200
1700
2050
1750
1900
km/h
0
ENE
5
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
45
SSE
60
SSE
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-32
-32
-33
-32
-31
-32
-28
-27
-26
-26
-26
-26
-26
-26
-25
-23
min °C
-32
-32
-33
-33
-31
-32
-31
-27
-26
-26
-27
-26
-27
-27
-25
-25
 chill °C
-32
-40
-44
-47
-45
-47
-46
-38
-38
-39
-40
-38
-40
-41
-42
-43
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-32-32-33-33-31-32-30-27-26-26-27-26-27-27-25-24-28-28-28-27-26-26-25-22-21-20-20-20-21-21-20-18-25-24-23-22-20-20-19-17-15-15-14-13-15-15-13-13-20-18-16-16-13-13-16-11-9-10-7-7-10-8-6-7
Sunrise
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4:39
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4:28
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4:16
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4:03
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—
12:00
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Sunset
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11:10
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11:22
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11:35
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11:47
12:00
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Royal Society Range Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Royal Society Range is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Fri afternoon, min -33°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Royal Society Range Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun night, min -27°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat night, severe gales from the S by Mon morning).

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.
2 hours ago
-31°C
clear
-
17
Light winds from the ENE
(17 kph at 70).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
High: broken
Williams Field
89 km ENE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-26°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
31
Fresh winds from the E
(31 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1494 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-14°C
-
41
Strong winds from the SE
(41 kph at 130).
DomeA
1648 km SSW
4084m alt.
59 minutes ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC147E64S
1736 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the WNW
(48 kph at 302).
- km
ASCATC146E64S
1748 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the WNW
(49 kph at 299).
- km
ASCATC144E64S
1772 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the WNW
(49 kph at 288).
- km
ASCATB144E64S
1777 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the WNW
(50 kph at 293).
- km
ASCATB143E64S
1785 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the WNW
(47 kph at 292).
- km
ASCATC143E64S
1791 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the WNW
(45 kph at 288).
- 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.