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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Thu 12 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Fri morning, min -20°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Tue afternoon, min -21°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2300
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
km/h
10
ESE
10
SE
0
NNE
5
SE
10
SE
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
NW
5
SSE
10
WSW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
0
NNE
10
S
10
SSW
10
W
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Weather map
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-16
-17
-18
-15
-15
-18
-16
-16
-18
-16
-16
-19
-15
-14
-15
-10
-9
-10
min °C
-16
-17
-20
-17
-15
-20
-17
-16
-20
-17
-17
-21
-17
-14
-17
-12
-9
-13
 chill °C
-22
-24
-20
-22
-22
-20
-24
-23
-28
-22
-24
-32
-25
-19
-17
-18
-14
-22
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-33-34-34-34-33-35-34-33-34-34-33-35-32-31-32-30-28-29-30-31-31-30-29-32-31-30-31-30-30-31-29-27-28-25-23-24-23-24-25-23-22-25-24-23-25-23-23-25-22-21-22-18-16-17-16-17-19-16-15-19-17-16-19-17-17-20-16-14-16-11-9-12-10-11-13-10-9-12-11-9-12-10-10-14-9-8-9-4-2-5
Sunrise
12:00
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—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
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—
12:00
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Sunset
12:00
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12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
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12:00
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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Fri morning, min -20°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Tue afternoon, min -21°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

This table gives the weather forecast for Shafer Peak at the specific elevation of 1000 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
-12°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
24
Moderate winds from the ENE
(24 kph at 70).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
3 hours ago
clear
-
19
Light winds from the E
(19 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
High: scattered
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-13°C
-
31
Fresh winds from the SE
(31 kph at 130).
40 km
Mid: few
ASCATC181E65S
1237 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the NE
(39 kph at 42).
- km
ASCATC179E65S
1240 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the NE
(48 kph at 48).
- km
ASCATB163E63S
1240 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the SW
(35 kph at 216).
- km
ASCATB180E65S
1240 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NE
(32 kph at 41).
- km
ASCATB162E63S
1244 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the SW
(45 kph at 216).
- km
ASCATB181E65S
1245 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the ENE
(27 kph at 62).
- km
ASCATC180E65S
1249 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the NE
(39 kph at 46).
- 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.