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Young Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Sat 10 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sat night, min -21°C on Tue morning). Mainly severe gales.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Wed night, min -18°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Tue night, light winds from the NNW by Wed night).

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
light snow
heavy snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
some clouds
light snow
heavy snow
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
250
50
100
300
km/h
85
W
15
W
60
ENE
45
NNE
30
NW
20
ESE
25
E
50
ESE
70
SE
40
SSW
90
WSW
50
W
35
W
5
NNW
35
SSW
60
SW
50
W
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Snowflake cm
—
—
5
12
8
1
2
5
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—
—
—
—
1
—
—
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 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-7
-6
-6
-6
-7
-10
-13
-14
-20
-18
-15
-16
-13
-12
-15
-13
-13
min °C
-8
-7
-6
-6
-9
-12
-14
-19
-21
-18
-18
-16
-15
-13
-15
-15
-14
 chill °C
-21
-16
-17
-16
-16
-20
-27
-34
-39
-31
-35
-30
-27
-23
-26
-30
-26
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
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—
6:43
—
—
6:39
—
—
6:35
—
—
6:31
—
—
6:28
—
—
Sunset
9:07
—
—
9:10
—
—
9:15
—
—
9:17
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9:22
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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 well below freezing (max -6°C on Sat night, min -21°C on Tue morning). Mainly severe gales.

Young Island Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Wed night, min -18°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Tue night, light winds from the NNW by Wed 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
Dumont Durville
992 km SW
111m alt.
44 minutes ago
-7°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, above eye level.
65
Gales from the SE
(65 kph at 140).
4.0 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Williams Field
1286 km S
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
clear
-
31
Fresh winds from the ENE
(31 kph at 70).
10.0 km
Low: few
1589 km NNE
16m alt.
2 hours ago
8°C
-
9
Light winds from the NW
(9 kph at 310).
CampbellIslandAws
1589 km NNE
16m alt.
44 minutes ago
8°C
-
17
Light winds from the WSW
(17 kph at 240).
SHIP2181
1733 km NW
-m alt.
3 hours ago
10°C
-
65
Gales from the N
(65 kph at 10).
EnderbyIslandAws
1787 km N
40m alt.
44 minutes ago
9°C
-
33
Fresh winds from the NNE
(33 kph at 20).
EnderbyIslandAws
1787 km N
40m alt.
2 hours ago
9°C
-
30
Fresh winds from the NNE
(30 kph at 20).
lightning
2084 km NW
0m alt.
56 minutes ago
thunderstorm
Thunderstorm
South West Cape
2154 km N
240m alt.
44 minutes ago
-
20
Moderate winds from the ESE
(20 kph at 120).
2154 km N
240m alt.
2 hours ago
-
24
Moderate winds from the ESE
(24 kph at 120).

* 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.