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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Thu 15 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sat morning, min -35°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue morning, min -26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2300
2250
2350
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2300
km/h
10
WNW
0
SSE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
NE
0
E
5
WSW
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-30
-30
-34
-30
-27
-26
-23
-23
-26
-24
-24
-25
-23
-22
-23
-21
-21
-21
min °C
-31
-31
-35
-32
-28
-26
-24
-23
-27
-25
-25
-26
-24
-22
-23
-22
-21
-22
 chill °C
-41
-40
-44
-40
-28
-34
-29
-29
-34
-25
-31
-26
-32
-31
-32
-29
-30
-33
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-39-39-42-40-37-35-34-34-36-35-34-34-33-33-33-33-32-31-36-37-39-37-33-31-30-30-32-32-31-31-30-29-29-29-27-27-31-31-35-31-28-26-24-23-27-25-25-26-24-22-23-22-21-22-25-24-30-25-22-23-18-17-22-19-18-20-17-15-18-16-15-18-18-18-24-19-16-16-11-10-15-12-12-13-10-9-11-9-9-11
Sunrise
5:37
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—
5:31
—
—
5:24
—
—
5:18
—
—
5:11
—
—
5:03
—
—
Sunset
—
—
10:15
—
—
10:22
—
—
10:29
—
—
10:36
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—
10:43
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10:50

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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sat morning, min -35°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue morning, min -26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

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
-22°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
9
Light winds from the ESE
(9 kph at 110).
6.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
3 hours ago
light snow
Light snow.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
High: broken
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-16°C
-
9
Light winds from the E
(9 kph at 90).
50 km
Mid: scattered
hy2c171E63S
1261 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the SW
(57 kph at 218).
- km
hy2c176E64S
1270 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the SSE
(41 kph at 162).
- km
hy2c173E63S
1270 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the SSW
(44 kph at 205).
- km
hy2c176E63S
1289 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the SSE
(41 kph at 158).
- km
hy2c174E63S
1293 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the SSW
(50 kph at 192).
- km
hy2c167E63S
1293 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the SW
(59 kph at 230).
- km
ASCATC167E63S
1293 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the SW
(59 kph at 229).
- 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.