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Shafer Peak Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Thu 29 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -34°C on Thu afternoon, min -37°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -34°C on Sun morning, min -37°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon night, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue night).

Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
2250
2250
2300
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
km/h
10
WNW
5
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
N
20
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
25
WNW
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-35
-34
-37
-36
-36
-36
-35
-34
-34
-34
-34
-35
-35
-35
-35
-35
-35
-35
min °C
-36
-35
-37
-37
-37
-37
-36
-34
-35
-35
-35
-37
-36
-35
-35
-35
-35
-35
 chill °C
-46
-45
-49
-52
-51
-50
-49
-46
-49
-49
-50
-53
-50
-48
-46
-46
-47
-51
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-36-35-37-37-37-37-36-34-35-35-35-36-36-35-35-35-35-35-32-31-34-33-33-33-32-30-31-31-31-33-32-32-32-32-32-32-26-25-29-27-27-29-26-24-25-25-25-28-26-26-27-26-26-28-20-19-24-21-21-24-19-18-21-19-19-23-20-19-23-19-19-23-13-12-18-14-14-18-13-12-15-13-13-16-14-13-16-13-12-17
Sunrise
12:00
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—
3:38
—
—
3:26
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—
3:13
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2:58
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2:39
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Sunset
12:00
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—
12:06
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—
12:18
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—
12:30
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12:46
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1:05
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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 Thu afternoon, min -37°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Shafer Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -34°C on Sun morning, min -37°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon night, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue 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
Jang Bogo Station
84 km SE
29m alt.
42 minutes ago
-14°C
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 30 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: clear
Williams Field
445 km SSE
8m alt.
1 hour ago
-10°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (26 kph from 360 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
454 km SSE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (33 kph from 360 degs) was rejected.
3.2 km
High: scattered
Dumont Durville
1167 km W
111m alt.
42 minutes ago
-11°C
-
37
Fresh winds from the SE
(37 kph at 130).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATC167E63S
1294 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
55
Near gales from the SSW
(55 kph at 198).
- km
ASCATB162E62S
1295 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
51
Near gales from the SSW
(51 kph at 192).
- km
ASCATC162E62S
1296 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the SSW
(45 kph at 192).
- km
ASCATC170E63S
1296 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the SSW
(41 kph at 210).
- km
ASCATB161E62S
1297 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the S
(52 kph at 191).
- km
ASCATB164E62S
1302 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
56
Near gales from the SSW
(56 kph at 194).
- 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.