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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sat 31 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Sat morning, min -34°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Tue afternoon, min -33°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Mon night, fresh winds from the WNW by Wed morning).

Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2300
2350
4100
3900
3350
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
5400
km/h
15
NE
5
N
15
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-32
-30
-30
-30
-31
-31
-32
-32
-32
-32
-30
-29
-30
-31
-30
-30
min °C
-34
-32
-30
-31
-31
-31
-34
-33
-32
-33
-31
-30
-32
-32
-30
-31
 chill °C
-46
-40
-42
-43
-41
-40
-46
-44
-44
-44
-39
-44
-48
-50
-47
-45
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-36-35-34-35-35-35-36-36-35-36-35-33-35-34-33-34-33-31-30-31-31-31-33-33-32-33-31-30-31-32-30-31-28-25-24-26-25-25-28-27-27-28-25-24-27-26-24-26-25-19-18-22-19-19-24-21-20-23-19-18-23-20-19-22-19-13-12-15-13-13-17-14-14-17-12-11-17-14-12-16
Sunrise
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3:26
—
—
3:13
—
—
2:58
—
—
2:39
—
—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
—
12:18
—
—
12:30
—
—
12:46
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—
1:05
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12:00
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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Sat morning, min -34°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Tue afternoon, min -33°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Mon night, fresh winds from the WNW by Wed morning).

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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: scattered
hy2c189E64S
1531 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the W
(33 kph at 268).
- km
hy2c190E64S
1545 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the W
(32 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c188E63S
1553 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the WSW
(38 kph at 242).
- km
hy2c187E63S
1572 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the WSW
(41 kph at 250).
- km
hy2c189E63S
1577 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the W
(36 kph at 265).
- km
ASCATC135E64S
1600 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NE
(30 kph at 42).
- km
hy2c186E62S
1612 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the WSW
(45 kph at 248).
- km
hy2c190E63S
1625 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the W
(37 kph at 265).
- km
hy2c188E62S
1633 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the WSW
(44 kph at 252).
- 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.