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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Mon 28 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -40°C on Thu morning, min -44°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -34°C on Sat afternoon, min -41°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, near gales from the W by Fri night).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
4950
km/h
5
WSW
5
SW
10
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
W
30
W
30
W
50
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
Weather map
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Weather map
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-41
-41
-41
-41
-43
-42
-42
-42
-40
-40
-41
-40
-40
-35
-35
-34
-36
min °C
-42
-42
-41
-42
-44
-43
-42
-43
-42
-40
-41
-41
-40
-39
-35
-35
-38
 chill °C
-50
-42
-51
-58
-62
-57
-54
-52
-49
-50
-49
-51
-58
-59
-56
-51
-56
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-42-42-41-42-44-43-42-43-41-40-41-41-40-37-35-35-37-39-39-37-39-41-40-39-40-38-37-39-38-37-35-33-32-35-34-34-32-33-36-36-35-36-33-32-34-33-32-31-29-28-32-28-29-27-28-31-30-29-31-27-26-29-27-27-27-24-24-28-21-23-20-21-25-24-23-24-21-20-22-21-21-21-18-17-21
Sunrise
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7:16
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7:09
—
—
7:05
—
—
6:58
—
—
6:52
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Sunset
8:40
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—
8:45
—
—
8:51
—
—
8:55
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9:01
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9:07
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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -40°C on Thu morning, min -44°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -34°C on Sat afternoon, min -41°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, near gales from the W by Fri night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Shafer Peak at the specific elevation of 3600 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
-24°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (44 kph from 150 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-20°C
-
17
Light winds from the ENE
(17 kph at 70).
40 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB206E68S
1710 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the NNE
(39 kph at 15).
- km
ASCATB206E67S
1791 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the NNE
(33 kph at 32).
- km
ASCATB207E67S
1819 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the NNE
(34 kph at 28).
- km
ASCATB208E67S
1858 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the NNE
(39 kph at 21).
- km
ASCATB209E67S
1879 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the N
(48 kph at 5).
- km
ASCATC209E67S
1879 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the NNE
(46 kph at 14).
- km
ASCATB206E66S
1882 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the ENE
(45 kph at 57).
- km
ASCATC210E67S
1900 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
51
Near gales from the N
(51 kph at 9).
- 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.