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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 13 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue afternoon, min -31°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Sat morning, min -24°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2300
2300
2350
4050
2300
2300
2250
km/h
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
N
5
WSW
10
W
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
NNW
0
WSW
15
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
W
20
WNW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-24
-27
-26
-26
-30
-26
-25
-28
-19
-18
-20
-16
-16
-19
-17
-18
-22
min °C
-26
-25
-28
-26
-28
-31
-27
-25
-31
-22
-19
-21
-18
-17
-20
-18
-21
-24
 chill °C
-34
-31
-37
-26
-38
-43
-36
-25
-38
-22
-24
-30
-23
-25
-28
-24
-29
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-38-38-39-40-41-41-40-40-40-35-33-32-32-31-32-33-34-35-37-36-36-38-39-39-38-37-37-31-29-29-29-28-28-30-31-32-32-31-32-32-34-36-33-32-33-26-24-25-23-22-24-24-25-28-26-25-28-26-27-31-27-25-30-21-19-21-17-17-20-18-20-23-20-18-22-19-21-24-20-19-23-14-12-15-11-10-13-12-13-17
Sunrise
5:50
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—
5:45
—
—
5:37
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5:31
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5:24
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—
5:18
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Sunset
—
—
10:04
—
—
10:09
—
—
10:15
—
—
10:22
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—
10:29
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10:36

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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue afternoon, min -31°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Sat morning, min -24°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
-23°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
22
Moderate winds from the ENE.(Wind varies from 050 to 110 degs)
(22 kph at 70).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
3 hours ago
-28°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
15
Light winds from the ESE
(15 kph at 110).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: overcast
DomeA
2019 km S
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
2184 km N
6m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
ASCATC116E62S
2293 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WSW
(35 kph at 244).
- km
ASCATC115E62S
2356 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the WSW
(44 kph at 244).
- km
ASCATC115E61S
2383 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the WSW
(48 kph at 246).
- km
ASCATC114E62S
2393 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the WSW
(37 kph at 249).
- km
2412 km N
16m alt.
1 hour ago
5°C
-
7
Light winds from the E
(7 kph at 90).
ASCATC113E62S
2418 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the WSW
(36 kph at 252).
- 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.