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Young Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Sat 10 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Sun morning, min -16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the W on Sat morning, light winds from the ENE by Mon afternoon).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Wed night, min -21°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, gales from the W by Thu night).

Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
mod snow
mod snow
light snow
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
snow showers
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
mod. snow
mod. snow
light snow
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1100
50
0
km/h
80
W
80
WSW
15
WNW
65
ENE
55
NNE
20
NW
50
W
25
W
40
ESE
40
SE
55
ESE
25
NE
40
WNW
60
W
20
NW
5
WNW
10
W
50
WSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
4
10
9
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
3
1
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-8
-6
-5
-3
-5
-7
-11
-10
-11
-17
-18
-19
-18
-17
-15
-17
-18
-19
min °C
-10
-7
-6
-5
-6
-9
-12
-11
-16
-18
-19
-19
-19
-18
-16
-18
-19
-21
 chill °C
-24
-20
-15
-16
-14
-19
-24
-18
-29
-32
-35
-34
-33
-34
-28
-24
-30
-37
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
6:48
—
—
6:43
—
—
6:39
—
—
6:35
—
—
6:31
—
—
6:28
—
—
Sunset
—
9:07
—
—
9:10
—
—
9:15
—
—
9:17
—
—
9:22
—
—
9:24
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Young Island Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Young Island is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Sun morning, min -16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the W on Sat morning, light winds from the ENE by Mon afternoon).

Young Island Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Wed night, min -21°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, gales from the W by Thu night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Young Island at the specific elevation of 1340 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Young Island. 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
1286 km S
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-19°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 1 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
1295 km S
10m alt.
3 hours ago
-24°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
1344 km N
6m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
1589 km NNE
16m alt.
1 hour ago
7°C
-
28
Moderate winds from the NW
(28 kph at 310).
ASCATC128E63S
1668 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the NE
(36 kph at 40).
- km
ASCATB126E64S
1721 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the NNE
(44 kph at 33).
- km
ASCATC127E63S
1738 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
15
Light winds from the NE
(15 kph at 46).
- km
EnderbyIslandAws
1787 km N
40m alt.
1 hour ago
8°C
-
22
Moderate winds from the N
(22 kph at 10).
ASCATB125E64S
1790 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NW
(30 kph at 311).
- km
ASCATC126E63S
1794 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
19
Light winds from the WSW
(19 kph at 252).
- 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.