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The Pleiades Weather Forecast

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

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Tue afternoon, min -32°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the ESE by Wed morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Thu afternoon, min -30°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Wed night, light winds from the SW by Fri night).

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
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
4100
4500
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2250
2300
2400
2250
km/h
10
W
10
SSE
10
SSE
25
SW
10
S
0
NNW
15
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
10
NNE
15
NW
15
W
20
W
10
W
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-31
-32
-31
-27
-24
-23
-23
-26
-27
-27
-26
-25
-26
-28
-28
-29
min °C
-32
-32
-32
-30
-26
-23
-25
-27
-28
-28
-27
-25
-28
-28
-28
-30
 chill °C
-39
-40
-42
-41
-34
-23
-39
-42
-43
-43
-38
-33
-38
-38
-40
-37
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-32-32-32-29-25-23-24-27-28-28-27-25-27-28-28-30-28-29-29-25-23-21-21-24-25-25-24-22-23-25-25-26-27-25-25-24-19-17-16-18-19-20-18-16-19-19-20-24-23-19-19-20-14-12-10-11-12-14-12-10-13-12-14-19
Sunrise
—
6:35
—
—
6:30
—
—
6:24
—
—
6:18
—
—
6:13
—
—
Sunset
—
—
9:00
—
—
9:05
—
—
9:09
—
—
9:15
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—
9:20
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The Pleiades Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for The Pleiades is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Tue afternoon, min -32°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the ESE by Wed morning).

The Pleiades Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Thu afternoon, min -30°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Wed night, light winds from the SW by Fri night).

This table gives the weather forecast for The Pleiades at the specific elevation of 3040 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of The Pleiades. 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
582 km S
8m alt.
1 hour ago
-15°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (9 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
3.3 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1181 km W
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-12°C
-
52
Near gales from the ESE
(52 kph at 120).
ASCATC148E63S
1339 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the NW
(47 kph at 314).
- km
ASCATC147E63S
1369 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the NW
(44 kph at 310).
- km
ASCATC150E62S
1376 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
53
Near gales from the NW
(53 kph at 321).
- km
ASCATB146E63S
1381 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the NW
(44 kph at 312).
- km
ASCATC146E63S
1400 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the NW
(41 kph at 306).
- km
ASCATB145E63S
1419 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the NW
(38 kph at 307).
- km
ASCATC145E63S
1422 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the NW
(36 kph at 305).
- km
ASCATB147E62S
1425 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the NW
(47 kph at 310).
- 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.