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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Tue 29 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

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

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Sat morning, min -33°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, strong winds from the WNW by Fri night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2250
2250
5100
km/h
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
E
5
NE
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
Weather map
Weather map
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-31
-31
-34
-32
-33
-35
-32
-32
-33
-32
-32
-31
-28
-28
-30
-29
-30
-32
min °C
-31
-33
-34
-34
-34
-36
-34
-34
-35
-33
-33
-33
-29
-29
-31
-31
-31
-33
 chill °C
-44
-47
-48
-43
-41
-45
-40
-34
-44
-39
-49
-49
-45
-43
-46
-47
-47
-49
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-40-41-42-42-42-43-42-42-42-41-41-40-36-35-36-37-37-39-37-38-39-39-39-40-39-39-39-38-38-37-33-33-34-34-35-37-31-32-34-33-34-36-33-33-34-33-33-32-29-29-31-30-31-33-26-27-30-28-28-30-27-27-30-27-27-29-25-24-28-26-26-29-20-21-23-21-21-24-21-21-23-21-21-22-18-18-21-19-20-22
Sunrise
7:16
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—
7:09
—
—
7:05
—
—
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 morning, 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 morning, min -33°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, strong winds from the WNW by Fri night).

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
-28°C
clear
Clear
24
Moderate winds from the E
(24 kph at 90).
10.0 km
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-32°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
50 minutes ago
-19°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 200).
40 km
Mid: few
Casey
2072 km WSW
42m alt.
50 minutes ago
-12°C
snow showers
Light snow showers.
13
Light winds from the NE
(13 kph at 50).
32 km
Mid: overcast
2184 km N
6m alt.
50 minutes ago
4°C
No report.
Wind obs. (31 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
2412 km N
16m alt.
50 minutes ago
7°C
-
56
Near gales from the W
(56 kph at 260).
ASCATB112E62S
2431 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
18
Light winds from the NNW
(18 kph at 340).
- km
ASCATB111E62S
2458 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the WNW
(24 kph at 287).
- km
ASCATB112E61S
2466 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the WNW
(21 kph at 292).
- km
ASCATB111E61S
2509 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the W
(26 kph at 279).
- 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.