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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

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

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

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Sat afternoon, min -32°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
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
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
clear
Cloud base (m)
2250
2300
2250
2300
2300
2250
4900
4400
2300
km/h
30
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
10
NE
5
N
15
NW
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
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 mm
—
—
—
—
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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max °C
-33
-35
-31
-31
-34
-33
-34
-32
-31
-29
-29
-30
-30
-31
-29
-29
-30
min °C
-34
-36
-33
-32
-35
-34
-34
-33
-32
-30
-30
-30
-30
-32
-30
-30
-31
 chill °C
-50
-53
-46
-32
-46
-46
-46
-45
-41
-39
-43
-40
-38
-43
-40
-37
-43
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-38-39-36-35-38-37-38-37-36-34-34-34-34-36-34-34-35-34-36-32-32-35-34-34-33-32-30-30-30-30-32-30-30-31-28-30-26-26-30-28-28-28-26-23-25-24-24-27-24-24-26-22-26-21-20-25-22-22-25-19-18-21-18-18-22-17-17-21-16-19-14-13-19-15-15-18-13-12-14-12-12-16-11-10-15
Sunrise
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12:00
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3:38
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3:26
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3:13
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2:58
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Sunset
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11:55
12:00
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12:06
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12:18
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12:30
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12:46
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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 Thu morning, min -36°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Sat afternoon, min -32°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

This table gives the weather forecast for Shafer Peak at the specific elevation of 3000 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
3 hours ago
-16°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
9
Light winds from the NW
(9 kph at 310).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-9°C
Clouds developing.
41
Strong winds from the SE
(41 kph at 140).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Vostok
1495 km SSW
3490m alt.
3 hours ago
-
25
Moderate winds from the SSW
(25 kph at 200).
20 km
Mid: overcast
1783 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (26 kph from 350 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
High: broken
WilkinsRunwayEast
2008 km WSW
755m alt.
3 hours ago
-15°C
-
11
Light winds from the NW
(11 kph at 320).
DomeA
2019 km S
4084m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
Casey
2072 km WSW
42m alt.
3 hours ago
-13°C
State of sky unchanged.
19
Light winds from the NNE
(19 kph at 20).
45 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
2103 km S
2835m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (26 kph from 360 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
Mid: overcast
2184 km N
6m alt.
3 hours ago
4°C
No report.
Wind obs. (31 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
SHIP11581
2224 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
-2°C
8
Light winds from the ENE
(8 kph at 60).
17.7 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.