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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 -36°C on Tue morning, min -40°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -32°C on Sat afternoon, min -38°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the W 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
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2250
2250
5100
km/h
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
NE
5
SE
15
ESE
5
E
20
W
25
W
35
W
35
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
Weather map
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Weather map
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-36
-37
-39
-38
-38
-40
-38
-38
-38
-38
-37
-35
-33
-32
-33
-33
-34
-36
min °C
-37
-38
-39
-39
-39
-40
-39
-39
-40
-38
-38
-38
-33
-33
-34
-34
-35
-37
 chill °C
-50
-53
-55
-49
-47
-49
-46
-46
-53
-45
-54
-54
-51
-49
-51
-51
-53
-54
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
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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 -36°C on Tue morning, min -40°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -32°C on Sat afternoon, min -38°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the W by Fri night).

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
Jang Bogo Station
84 km SE
29m alt.
1 hour ago
-25°C
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 140 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: clear
Williams Field
445 km SSE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-29°C
clear
Clear
30
Fresh winds from the E
(30 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-32°C
clear
-
20
Moderate winds from the E
(20 kph at 100).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-20°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 340).
40 km
Mid: few
ASCATC164E62S
1397 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the E
(28 kph at 87).
- km
ASCATC164E61S
1398 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the E
(24 kph at 80).
- km
ASCATC163E61S
1413 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the E
(27 kph at 85).
- km
ASCATC165E61S
1418 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the E
(28 kph at 93).
- km
ASCATB162E61S
1430 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the E
(35 kph at 79).
- km
ASCATB160E61S
1434 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the W
(48 kph at 264).
- 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.