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Siple Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 am Mon 14 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Mon morning, min -27°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the NW on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Tue afternoon).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Fri night, min -28°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WSW on Thu night, light winds from the NW by Fri night).

Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
heavy snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
mod snow
heavy snow
heavy snow
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
heavy snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
mod. snow
heavy snow
heavy snow
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
1300
1350
1300
1300
1350
1350
1300
1300
1300
1350
1350
1350
2050
1300
1300
km/h
70
NNW
115
NW
105
WNW
50
W
45
WSW
75
WNW
105
WNW
105
WNW
70
WNW
60
WNW
55
W
75
WSW
85
WSW
70
WSW
35
WSW
25
NNW
25
NNW
45
WNW
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Snowflake cm
19
7
2
1
7
13
14
20
1
1
2
4
 mm
max °C
-12
-17
-23
-26
-24
-15
-15
-17
-23
-23
-26
-27
-25
-24
-21
-21
-22
-22
min °C
-14
-20
-27
-27
-25
-22
-15
-20
-25
-25
-27
-28
-26
-24
-23
-22
-22
-27
 chill °C
-30
-42
-47
-45
-41
-39
-33
-39
-44
-41
-45
-49
-47
-43
-38
-35
-34
-44
Freezing level m
400
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-13-19-25-27-25-19-15-19-24-24-27-28-26-24-22-22-22-25-10-16-22-23-22-16-12-15-20-20-23-24-22-21-18-18-18-21-7-11-18-19-18-15-11-14-15-16-20-21-19-17-14-13-14-16-2-6-11-15-14-11-7-10-8-11-16-17-15-14-10-8-8-10
Sunrise
3:01
2:57
2:50
2:46
2:40
2:34
Sunset
1:44
1:48
1:53
1:59
2:03
2:08

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Siple Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Siple is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Mon morning, min -27°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the NW on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Tue afternoon).

Siple Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Fri night, min -28°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WSW on Thu night, light winds from the NW by Fri night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Siple at the specific elevation of 3110 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Siple. 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
1797 km SSW
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-14°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
24
Moderate winds from the N.(Wind varies from 220 to 010 degs)
(24 kph at 350).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
BaseSanMartin
2170 km ESE
7m alt.
1 hour ago
-22°C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
40 km
Mid: scattered
BaseBelgranoII
2345 km SE
256m alt.
1 hour ago
-38°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, below eye level.
37
Fresh winds from the SSE
(37 kph at 160).
5.0 km
Mid: few
ASCATB284E63S
2358 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the SSW
(48 kph at 197).
- km
ASCATB285E63S
2366 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the SSW
(50 kph at 196).
- km
ASCATB286E63S
2420 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the SSW
(41 kph at 210).
- km
ASCATB287E63S
2438 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the SSW
(42 kph at 210).
- km
ASCATB284E62S
2447 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the SSW
(40 kph at 201).
- km
ASCATB288E63S
2457 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the SSW
(47 kph at 198).
- km
ASCATB285E62S
2473 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the SSW
(39 kph at 206).
- 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.