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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Sat 10 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sun night, min -28°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sat night, calm by Sun night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Tue morning, min -31°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
5300
2300
2300
2250
2300
8000
km/h
15
WNW
25
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
15
WNW
5
E
5
SE
5
E
5
SSE
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-27
-27
-26
-26
-27
-25
-25
-26
-27
-28
-28
-29
-29
-28
-30
-29
-28
-28
min °C
-28
-27
-26
-26
-27
-26
-25
-27
-28
-28
-28
-30
-29
-29
-31
-30
-29
-30
 chill °C
-39
-41
-42
-41
-42
-38
-30
-34
-35
-28
-36
-43
-40
-39
-42
-40
-40
-42
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-36-35-33-33-34-32-32-33-34-34-35-36-37-37-38-36-36-36-33-32-29-30-31-29-30-31-32-32-33-33-34-34-35-34-33-33-28-27-26-26-27-26-25-27-28-28-28-30-29-29-31-30-29-29-22-22-24-23-23-23-21-21-25-22-23-26-24-24-28-24-24-26-16-16-18-16-17-16-14-15-18-16-16-20-17-17-21-18-17-19
Sunrise
6:09
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—
6:03
—
—
5:58
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:45
—
—
5:37
—
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Sunset
—
9:45
—
—
9:52
—
—
9:58
—
—
—
10:04
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—
10:09
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10:15

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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sun night, min -28°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sat night, calm by Sun night).

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Tue morning, min -31°C on Wed 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
-17°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
17
Light winds from the SE
(17 kph at 130).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (6 kph from 1 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-11°C
-
9
Light winds from the SE
(9 kph at 140).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATB169E62S
1337 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the WNW
(39 kph at 293).
- km
ASCATB167E62S
1339 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the WNW
(30 kph at 289).
- km
ASCATB168E62S
1343 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the WNW
(36 kph at 289).
- km
ASCATB164E62S
1348 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
17
Light winds from the WNW
(17 kph at 294).
- km
ASCATB166E62S
1350 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the WNW
(29 kph at 294).
- km
ASCATB165E62S
1351 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
25
Moderate winds from the WNW
(25 kph at 290).
- km
ASCATB163E62S
1353 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
15
Light winds from the NW
(15 kph at 305).
- 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.