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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Mon 28 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Tue morning, min -37°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Sat morning, min -34°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
4950
km/h
10
WNW
5
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
5
ENE
5
NE
25
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-33
-33
-31
-32
-35
-35
-34
-35
-31
-31
-33
-32
-32
-30
-28
-28
-30
min °C
-34
-34
-32
-34
-37
-36
-35
-36
-34
-32
-34
-33
-32
-31
-29
-28
-33
 chill °C
-43
-41
-45
-49
-53
-50
-45
-46
-41
-39
-43
-33
-46
-48
-44
-41
-50
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-42-42-41-42-44-43-42-43-41-40-41-41-40-37-35-35-37-39-39-37-39-41-40-39-40-38-37-39-38-37-35-33-32-35-34-34-32-33-36-36-35-36-33-32-34-33-32-31-29-28-32-28-29-27-28-31-30-29-31-27-26-29-27-27-27-24-24-28-21-23-20-21-25-24-23-24-21-20-22-21-21-21-18-17-21
Sunrise
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7:16
—
—
7:09
—
—
7:05
—
—
6:58
—
—
6:52
—
—
Sunset
8:40
—
—
8:45
—
—
8:51
—
—
8:55
—
—
9:01
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9:07
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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Tue morning, min -37°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Sat morning, min -34°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

This table gives the weather forecast for Shafer Peak at the specific elevation of 2000 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.
2 hours ago
-24°C
clear
Clear
31
Fresh winds from the ESE.(Wind varies from 090 to 170 degs)
(31 kph at 120).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-20°C
-
17
Light winds from the ENE
(17 kph at 70).
40 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB182E65S
1305 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
68
Gales from the S
(68 kph at 184).
- km
ASCATB183E65S
1325 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
76
Severe gales from the S
(76 kph at 183).
- km
ASCATC183E65S
1325 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
69
Gales from the S
(69 kph at 189).
- km
ASCATB180E64S
1362 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
61
Near gales from the S
(61 kph at 184).
- km
ASCATB181E64S
1368 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
62
Gales from the S
(62 kph at 185).
- km
ASCATB185E65S
1369 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the S
(47 kph at 180).
- km
ASCATC185E65S
1373 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the S
(47 kph at 183).
- km
ASCATB186E65S
1385 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the S
(22 kph at 178).
- 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.