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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Mon 05 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Tue afternoon, min -40°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun night, calm by Tue morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Thu morning, min -36°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Sat afternoon).

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
2300
2350
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
km/h
30
WNW
5
WSW
10
S
10
S
5
WNW
15
W
5
NNE
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-38
-35
-35
-30
-28
-25
-26
-28
-29
-30
-29
-29
-30
-32
-33
-34
min °C
-40
-36
-35
-35
-29
-27
-27
-28
-29
-30
-30
-30
-31
-32
-33
-36
 chill °C
-59
-42
-44
-45
-29
-38
-37
-41
-42
-43
-42
-39
-41
-43
-44
-50
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-39-36-35-33-29-26-27-28-29-30-30-30-31-32-33-35-37-32-32-29-25-23-23-25-26-27-27-26-27-28-29-31-33-27-26-24-19-18-19-19-21-22-21-19-21-21-22-26-29-21-20-20-14-13-14-13-14-17-14-13-16-15-16-20-23-15-14-13-8-6-8-6-8-10-7-7-9-8-9-14
Sunrise
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6:41
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6:35
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6:28
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6:22
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6:16
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Sunset
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9:17
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9:23
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9:29
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9:35
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9:39
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Shafer Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Shafer Peak is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Tue afternoon, min -40°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun night, calm by Tue morning).

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Thu morning, min -36°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Sat afternoon).

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
-15°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 190 degs) was rejected.
3.5 km
Mid: few
High: broken
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-12°C
-
52
Near gales from the ESE
(52 kph at 120).
ASCATC126E63S
1933 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
13
Light winds from the WNW
(13 kph at 283).
- km
ASCATC125E63S
1970 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
9
Light winds from the WNW
(9 kph at 283).
- km
ASCATC124E63S
1993 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
4
Calm
(4 kph at 336).
- km
ASCATB123E63S
2007 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
4
Calm
(4 kph at 137).
- km
ASCATC125E62S
2009 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
7
Light winds from the NNW
(7 kph at 339).
- km
DomeA
2019 km S
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
2
Calm
(2 kph at 230).
ASCATC123E63S
2029 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
2
Calm
(2 kph at 142).
- km
ASCATC122E63S
2041 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
3
Calm
(3 kph at 143).
- 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.