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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Tue 29 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Tue afternoon, min -36°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Sat afternoon, min -35°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2300
2250
2250
2250
5400
km/h
20
WNW
20
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
N
5
N
5
SSE
10
E
15
NW
25
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
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Snowflake cm
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 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-31
-33
-32
-32
-34
-32
-32
-33
-31
-31
-32
-29
-28
-30
-30
-30
-32
min °C
-33
-34
-33
-33
-36
-35
-33
-34
-32
-32
-35
-31
-29
-31
-31
-31
-34
 chill °C
-47
-48
-42
-42
-45
-41
-33
-43
-44
-47
-53
-48
-42
-46
-47
-47
-52
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-41-42-42-42-43-42-41-42-41-40-40-36-35-36-36-37-39-38-39-39-39-40-39-38-39-37-37-38-34-33-34-34-35-37-32-34-33-33-35-34-33-34-32-32-34-30-29-31-31-31-33-27-29-27-28-30-28-27-29-26-26-29-26-25-27-26-27-30-20-23-21-21-24-21-20-23-20-19-23-20-18-21-20-20-23
Sunrise
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7:09
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7:05
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6:58
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6:52
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6:47
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Sunset
8:45
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8:51
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8:55
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9:01
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9:07
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9:13
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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 afternoon, min -36°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Sat afternoon, min -35°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

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
-25°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 120 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
52 minutes ago
-19°C
-
7
Light winds from the SSE
(7 kph at 150).
50 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATB211E66S
2034 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the WNW
(45 kph at 283).
- km
ASCATB212E66S
2063 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the WNW
(48 kph at 287).
- km
Casey
2072 km WSW
42m alt.
52 minutes ago
-12°C
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
Mid: overcast
ASCATB213E66S
2082 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the WNW
(48 kph at 291).
- km
ASCATB211E65S
2120 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the WNW
(31 kph at 298).
- km
ASCATB212E65S
2128 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the WNW
(31 kph at 296).
- km
ASCATB210E64S
2172 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
19
Light winds from the W
(19 kph at 272).
- km
ASCATB213E65S
2175 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the NW
(36 kph at 308).
- 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.