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Young Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sun 11 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). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sat night, stormy winds from the SE by Tue morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Thu night, min -18°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Tue night, light winds from the SW by Wed night).

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
mod snow
heavy snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
some clouds
mod. snow
heavy snow
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
100
150
0
200
50
100
km/h
20
W
55
ENE
45
NE
40
NW
30
ENE
30
ENE
55
ESE
95
SE
60
WSW
85
WSW
45
W
40
W
15
WNW
35
SW
65
WSW
80
WSW
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Weather map
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Weather map
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Snowflake cm
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6
12
6
3
2
4
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-6
-7
-6
-7
-11
-13
-16
-20
-18
-15
-16
-15
-13
-16
-14
-11
min °C
-6
-7
-7
-8
-12
-14
-20
-21
-18
-18
-16
-16
-15
-16
-15
-13
 chill °C
-16
-18
-15
-18
-21
-25
-37
-41
-34
-36
-29
-29
-25
-28
-30
-28
Freezing level m
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
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—
6:28
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Sunset
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—
9:10
—
—
9:15
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—
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). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sat night, stormy winds from the SE by Tue morning).

Young Island Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Thu night, min -18°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Tue night, light winds from the SW 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.
3 hours ago
-11°C
-
106
Extremely windy from the SSE
(106 kph at 160).
Williams Field
1286 km S
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-20°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (26 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
9.0 km
Low: overcast
1344 km N
6m alt.
3 hours ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
ASCATC134E64S
1384 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
61
Near gales from the ESE
(61 kph at 123).
- km
ASCATC133E64S
1429 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the ESE
(59 kph at 124).
- km
ASCATC133E63S
1453 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the ESE
(57 kph at 119).
- km
ASCATC132E64S
1462 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the ESE
(59 kph at 122).
- km
ASCATB131E64S
1502 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
60
Near gales from the ESE
(60 kph at 120).
- km
ASCATC131E64S
1518 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
55
Near gales from the ESE
(55 kph at 118).
- km
ASCATC132E63S
1522 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the ESE
(53 kph at 116).
- 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.