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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 5 am Thu 17 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Thu morning, min -24°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Mon afternoon, min -21°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
some clouds
rain shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Cloud base (m)
4300
2250
2250
2250
5200
4900
2250
2250
2250
km/h
20
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
ENE
15
E
25
E
20
ESE
5
NE
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Snowflake cm
 mm
0.1
1.4
1.4
0.6
0.3
max °C
-17
-17
-22
-21
-21
-22
-19
-18
-20
-18
-18
-19
-15
-14
-16
-21
-20
-18
min °C
-18
-19
-23
-24
-23
-23
-21
-19
-20
-19
-19
-19
-17
-15
-20
-21
-20
-20
 chill °C
-28
-25
-30
-31
-29
-30
-29
-29
-30
-30
-29
-28
-24
-21
-30
-33
-30
-25
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-38-39-42-42-42-42-40-38-38-38-38-38-36-34-35-38-40-39-34-35-39-40-39-39-37-35-35-35-35-35-33-31-34-37-38-37-29-30-35-35-34-35-32-30-31-30-30-30-28-27-31-33-33-32-24-24-29-29-28-29-26-26-27-25-25-26-23-21-25-27-27-26-18-18-23-23-22-23-20-19-20-19-19-19-16-15-18-21-20-19
Sunrise
7:28
7:22
7:16
7:11
7:05
7:00
Sunset
6:42
6:46
6:52
6:57
7:01
7:07

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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Thu morning, min -24°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Mon afternoon, min -21°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

This table gives the weather forecast for Shafer Peak at the specific elevation of 0 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Shafer Peak. 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
445 km SSE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-21°C
clear
Haze -.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
3.2 km
Low: overcast
1783 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (24 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
High: few
DomeA
2019 km S
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 230).
2184 km N
6m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
ASCATB221E65S
2385 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
62
Gales from the NW
(62 kph at 325).
- km
ASCATB222E65S
2387 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
61
Near gales from the NW
(61 kph at 323).
- km
ASCATC224E66S
2392 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the NW
(54 kph at 324).
- km
ASCATC221E65S
2398 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
62
Gales from the NW
(62 kph at 324).
- km
ASCATC222E65S
2400 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
63
Gales from the NNW
(63 kph at 328).
- km
ASCATC223E65S
2410 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
61
Near gales from the NNW
(61 kph at 330).
- 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.