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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 am Wed 16 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -34°C on Wed afternoon, min -39°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Mon afternoon, min -40°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
4100
2250
2250
2250
4700
km/h
5
NE
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
WNW
20
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
15
NW
25
ENE
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Snowflake cm
2
 mm
max °C
-35
-34
-35
-34
-35
-37
-38
-37
-37
-34
-34
-37
-38
-38
-37
-31
-29
-30
min °C
-36
-34
-36
-35
-36
-39
-39
-38
-39
-35
-35
-40
-39
-39
-39
-34
-30
-35
 chill °C
-43
-43
-52
-49
-47
-50
-50
-47
-47
-46
-51
-61
-60
-61
-60
-53
-42
-52
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-38-37-39-38-39-41-42-41-41-38-38-41-41-41-40-35-32-34-36-34-36-35-36-38-39-38-38-35-35-39-39-39-38-33-30-33-31-30-31-30-30-34-34-33-34-31-31-35-35-35-35-30-26-29-26-25-27-25-25-29-29-27-29-26-26-31-31-30-31-25-22-23-19-18-20-18-19-23-22-21-23-19-19-24-24-23-24-19-15-17
Sunrise
7:33
7:28
7:22
7:16
7:11
7:05
Sunset
6:37
6:42
6:46
6:52
6:57
7:01

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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -34°C on Wed afternoon, min -39°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Mon afternoon, min -40°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

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
-21°C
clear
-
24
Moderate winds from the E
(24 kph at 80).
6.0 km
Low: few
ASCATC170E63S
1306 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the WNW
(37 kph at 300).
- km
ASCATB170E63S
1307 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the WNW
(42 kph at 290).
- km
ASCATB167E62S
1307 km N
15m alt.
4 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the WNW
(40 kph at 291).
- km
ASCATC171E63S
1308 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NW
(32 kph at 308).
- km
ASCATC167E62S
1312 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the WNW
(36 kph at 294).
- km
ASCATC172E63S
1312 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the NNW
(31 kph at 337).
- km
ASCATB168E62S
1317 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the WNW
(27 kph at 289).
- km
ASCATC170E62S
1317 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the WNW
(30 kph at 291).
- km
ASCATC166E62S
1317 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the WNW
(30 kph at 302).
- 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.