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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Sat 17 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Mon night, min -32°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Tue afternoon, min -29°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Tue night, calm by Wed night).

Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2300
2250
2250
2350
2300
km/h
10
ENE
5
E
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
15
SE
15
W
25
W
40
W
30
WNW
20
WNW
5
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
5
NW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-31
-30
-32
-31
-31
-30
-29
-29
-28
-27
-26
-27
-29
-28
-27
-27
-27
-27
min °C
-31
-31
-32
-32
-31
-31
-29
-29
-29
-27
-27
-28
-29
-29
-28
-27
-27
-27
 chill °C
-39
-38
-42
-42
-41
-38
-42
-43
-41
-38
-42
-44
-45
-41
-28
-39
-40
-37
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-34-35-36-35-35-35-33-33-33-32-31-32-32-32-31-31-31-31-31-31-32-32-31-31-29-29-29-27-27-28-29-29-28-27-27-27-25-25-27-25-25-25-23-22-23-21-21-24-24-23-23-22-22-23-19-19-22-19-18-19-16-16-18-15-16-21-19-19-20-16-16-19-13-12-16-12-12-13-10-9-11-8-9-14-13-12-13-10-10-13
Sunrise
5:24
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—
5:18
—
—
5:11
—
—
5:03
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—
4:56
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—
4:48
—
—
Sunset
—
—
10:29
—
—
10:36
—
—
10:43
—
—
10:50
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—
10:57
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—
11:04

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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Mon night, min -32°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Tue afternoon, min -29°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Tue night, calm by Wed 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
-21°C
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: scattered
Williams Field
445 km SSE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-20°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
8.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-20°C
-
56
Near gales from the SE
(56 kph at 140).
WilkinsRunwayEast
2008 km WSW
755m alt.
1 hour ago
-22°C
-
72
Gales from the E
(72 kph at 100).
DomeA
2019 km S
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
Casey
2072 km WSW
42m alt.
1 hour ago
-14°C
-
17
Light winds from the ENE
(17 kph at 70).
2184 km N
6m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
2412 km N
16m alt.
1 hour ago
8°C
-
50
Strong winds from the W
(50 kph at 270).
ASCATC227E66S
2466 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the SSW
(44 kph at 213).
- km
ASCATC228E66S
2472 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the SSW
(50 kph at 211).
- 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.