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Young Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Wed 30 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Fri night, min -26°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the NW on Wed night, stormy winds from the W by Fri night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Sat morning, min -24°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the W on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun morning).

Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
clear
snow showers
light snow
cloud
part cloud
clear
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
mod. snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
100
150
0
0
100
km/h
75
W
55
WNW
35
SW
75
WSW
80
W
75
W
50
W
70
W
90
W
50
NNW
90
WNW
75
W
40
SSW
40
WSW
60
NW
75
W
75
W
65
W
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Snowflake cm
—
1
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
7
5
—
—
—
7
2
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-17
-14
-14
-24
-20
-15
-15
-15
-12
-9
-12
-19
-20
-16
-9
-10
-11
-11
min °C
-21
-16
-25
-26
-22
-17
-16
-16
-15
-10
-19
-23
-24
-19
-13
-11
-12
-13
 chill °C
-39
-31
-43
-46
-41
-34
-30
-32
-32
-22
-38
-38
-40
-33
-27
-26
-26
-27
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
7:28
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—
7:24
—
—
7:20
—
—
7:16
—
—
7:11
—
—
7:07
—
—
Sunset
—
8:34
—
—
8:37
—
—
8:40
—
—
8:44
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—
8:46
—
—
8:51
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Young Island Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Young Island is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Fri night, min -26°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the NW on Wed night, stormy winds from the W by Fri night).

Young Island Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Sat morning, min -24°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the W on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun morning).

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.
2 hours ago
-21°C
-
15
Light winds from the NW
(15 kph at 320).
40 km
Mid: scattered
Williams Field
1286 km S
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-24°C
clear
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: few
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
1295 km S
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-27°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (6 kph from 30 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
1344 km N
6m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
1589 km NNE
16m alt.
1 hour ago
8°C
-
43
Strong winds from the NNW
(43 kph at 330).
EnderbyIslandAws
1787 km N
40m alt.
1 hour ago
9°C
-
65
Gales from the NNW
(65 kph at 330).
2154 km N
240m alt.
1 hour ago
10°C
-
81
Severe gales from the NNW
(81 kph at 330).
Sails Ashore Lodge
2199 km NNE
25m alt.
54 minutes ago
12°C
Dry
19
Light winds from the W
(19 kph at 270).
Stewart Island
2200 km NNE
24m alt.
1 hour ago
11°C
Dry
11
Light winds from the W
(11 kph at 270).
2217 km NNE
52m alt.
34 minutes ago
No weather report.
35
Fresh winds from the W
(35 kph at 270).

* 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.