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Royal Society Range Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Sun 11 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Sun morning, min -37°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Thu night, min -32°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, severe gales from the S by Thu night).

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2050
2150
1800
1950
1850
1900
1500
1550
2050
5100
5250
km/h
15
W
10
WNW
10
NE
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
SE
10
ESE
20
SE
35
SSE
60
SSE
75
S
40
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-30
-32
-35
-35
-35
-34
-34
-33
-33
-32
-31
-29
-27
-24
-23
-23
-25
-25
min °C
-31
-34
-37
-36
-35
-35
-34
-34
-33
-32
-32
-31
-28
-25
-25
-25
-25
-26
 chill °C
-42
-43
-37
-46
-45
-44
-40
-43
-40
-38
-41
-43
-44
-44
-45
-38
-36
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-33-36-36-35-35-34-34-33-32-32-30-28-25-24-24-25-26-27-29-31-31-30-29-29-29-29-28-27-25-22-19-18-18-20-20-24-25-26-25-23-24-24-24-24-23-22-20-15-14-12-12-14-15-18-18-23-19-17-20-19-18-19-16-15-14-9-7-7-6-9-12
Sunrise
5:11
—
—
5:01
—
—
4:50
—
—
4:39
—
—
4:28
—
—
4:16
—
—
Sunset
—
—
10:39
—
—
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 -30°C on Sun morning, min -37°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Royal Society Range Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Thu night, min -32°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, severe gales from the S by Thu night).

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
Williams Field
89 km ENE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-22°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
26
Moderate winds from the ESE
(26 kph at 110).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
405 km N
29m alt.
4 hours ago
-14°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 40).
40 km
Mid: clear
1311 km S
3012m alt.
4 hours ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (15 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
3.2 km
Dumont Durville
1494 km WNW
111m alt.
4 hours ago
-10°C
heavy snow
Heavy drifting snow, above eye level.
131
Extremely windy from the SSE
(131 kph at 160).
<100m
Mid: mostly cloudy
1545 km S
2835m alt.
4 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
3.2 km
Mid: clear
DomeA
1648 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
9
Light winds from the SW
(9 kph at 230).
ASCATB123E64S
2038 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the ESE
(50 kph at 118).
- km
ASCATB124E64S
2058 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the ESE
(50 kph at 113).
- km
ASCATB122E64S
2062 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
51
Near gales from the ESE
(51 kph at 117).
- km
ASCATB124E63S
2121 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the ESE
(47 kph at 106).
- 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.