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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Thu 05 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun morning, min -28°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Sun afternoon, min -33°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Sun night, calm by Tue morning).

Thu
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
2350
2300
2400
2300
2250
2250
2300
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2300
2250
km/h
5
SSE
0
SE
5
ENE
5
E
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
0
S
20
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
10
WNW
5
S
15
W
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-28
-28
-26
-26
-26
-27
-27
-25
-24
-22
-24
-30
-30
-33
-33
-33
-30
min °C
-28
-28
-28
-26
-27
-27
-27
-26
-25
-23
-28
-30
-31
-33
-33
-33
-32
 chill °C
-33
-28
-33
-26
-34
-36
-36
-32
-37
-38
-45
-48
-49
-50
-42
-40
-43
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-32-32-31-30-30-30-30-30-29-27-30-33-34-36-36-36-35-28-28-27-26-27-27-27-26-25-23-26-30-31-33-33-33-31-22-23-21-20-23-21-22-21-19-16-20-25-26-29-28-27-27-15-19-14-13-18-15-15-16-12-9-14-18-20-25-22-21-23-8-13-8-7-12-8-9-9-6-2-8-12-13-18-15-15-16
Sunrise
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12:00
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12:00
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—
12:00
—
—
12:00
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12:00
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Sunset
12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun morning, min -28°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Sun afternoon, min -33°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Sun night, calm by Tue morning).

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
Williams Field
445 km SSE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-2°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (13 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
1783 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 70 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
2184 km N
6m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
2412 km N
16m alt.
2 hours ago
10°C
-
9
Light winds from the WNW
(9 kph at 300).
ASCATB227E66S
2533 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the SW
(33 kph at 218).
- km
ASCATB228E66S
2552 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the SW
(21 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATB231E67S
2565 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the SSE
(23 kph at 163).
- km
ASCATB232E67S
2587 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
11
Light winds from the S
(11 kph at 172).
- km
ASCATB229E66S
2590 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
20
Moderate winds from the SW
(20 kph at 217).
- km
ASCATB230E66S
2599 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the S
(24 kph at 185).
- 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.