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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Mon 12 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -35°C on Mon morning, min -39°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Sat afternoon, min -38°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2300
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2300
2300
5400
2300
2250
km/h
10
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
15
NNW
5
NW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
0
SSE
10
N
5
N
5
E
10
ESE
0
E
15
WNW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-35
-35
-36
-36
-36
-36
-38
-38
-39
-37
-37
-35
-32
-31
-30
-29
-28
-28
min °C
-35
-36
-37
-37
-37
-38
-38
-39
-39
-38
-37
-37
-33
-31
-30
-30
-28
-30
 chill °C
-46
-47
-46
-45
-45
-49
-47
-50
-49
-47
-47
-37
-42
-38
-30
-39
-28
-40
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-37-38-39-39-39-40-40-41-42-41-40-39-36-35-34-34-32-33-35-36-37-37-37-37-38-39-39-38-37-36-33-31-30-30-28-29-31-32-33-32-32-33-33-34-35-33-31-32-27-25-26-23-22-24-26-26-28-26-26-29-27-27-30-26-25-27-22-20-22-17-16-20-20-20-22-19-19-22-21-21-24-20-19-21-15-13-15-10-9-13
Sunrise
5:58
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—
5:50
—
—
5:45
—
—
5:37
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5:31
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—
5:24
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Sunset
—
9:58
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—
—
10:04
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—
10:09
—
—
10:15
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—
10:22
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10:29

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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -35°C on Mon morning, min -39°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Sat afternoon, min -38°C on Thu morning). 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
Jang Bogo Station
84 km SE
29m alt.
48 minutes ago
-20°C
-
Wind obs. (30 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Williams Field
445 km SSE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-24°C
clear
Clear
28
Moderate winds from the E
(28 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-30°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
15
Light winds from the ESE
(15 kph at 110).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
48 minutes ago
-8°C
-
61
Near gales from the SSE
(61 kph at 150).
DomeA
2019 km S
4084m alt.
48 minutes ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 230).
Casey
2072 km WSW
42m alt.
48 minutes ago
-15°C
-
48
Strong winds from the S
(48 kph at 180).
2184 km N
6m alt.
58 minutes ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
2412 km N
16m alt.
48 minutes ago
8°C
-
31
Fresh winds from the NNW
(31 kph at 330).
ASCATC226E66S
2449 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the SSW
(44 kph at 205).
- km
ASCATC227E66S
2453 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the SSW
(40 kph at 202).
- 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.