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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Mon 09 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Mon morning, min -34°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Mon morning, calm by Tue night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Thu morning, min -31°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2300
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2300
2250
2300
2250
km/h
40
WNW
30
WNW
15
WNW
5
SSW
10
SE
5
W
5
SW
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
S
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-28
-29
-33
-33
-32
-31
-30
-30
-29
-30
-30
-31
-31
-30
-30
-30
-30
-30
min °C
-29
-31
-34
-33
-33
-32
-31
-30
-30
-30
-31
-31
-31
-30
-31
-31
-30
-31
 chill °C
-46
-46
-47
-39
-42
-32
-38
-41
-41
-42
-44
-43
-45
-43
-43
-41
-38
-40
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-33-37-37-36-35-34-33-33-33-34-35-35-34-35-34-34-34-29-30-34-33-33-32-31-30-30-30-31-31-31-30-31-31-30-31-23-25-29-27-27-26-25-23-24-23-24-26-25-24-25-24-23-25-16-19-23-21-20-22-18-16-18-16-17-19-18-17-19-17-16-20-10-12-17-14-13-15-12-10-11-10-11-13-11-10-13-11-10-13
Sunrise
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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—
12:00
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Sunset
12:00
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12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
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: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Mon morning, min -34°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Mon morning, calm by Tue night).

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Thu morning, min -31°C on Thu afternoon). 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
Williams Field
445 km SSE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-15°C
light snow
Light snow.
17
Light winds from the E
(17 kph at 90).
9.0 km
Low: overcast
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-16°C
light snow
Light snow.
17
Light winds from the ESE
(17 kph at 120).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-7°C
-
22
Moderate winds from the E
(22 kph at 100).
30 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB171E64S
1171 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the WNW
(46 kph at 287).
- km
ASCATC171E64S
1172 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the WNW
(46 kph at 291).
- km
ASCATB170E64S
1179 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the WNW
(45 kph at 283).
- km
ASCATC169E64S
1195 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the WNW
(41 kph at 292).
- km
ASCATC170E64S
1196 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the WNW
(42 kph at 289).
- km
ASCATB166E63S
1201 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the W
(41 kph at 281).
- km
ASCATC168E63S
1201 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the WNW
(45 kph at 282).
- 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.