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Young Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 13 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Tue afternoon, min -26°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WSW on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SW by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat night, min -26°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
some clouds
clear
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
100
100
150
100
50
0
100
300
km/h
55
SW
75
WSW
65
W
45
WNW
45
W
60
WSW
55
W
60
WSW
45
W
25
SSW
10
SSE
10
E
10
WSW
25
W
30
N
15
ESE
20
SW
20
WSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4
1
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-18
-14
-14
-14
-15
-17
-22
-22
-24
-23
-25
-24
-23
-19
-15
-15
-16
-16
min °C
-20
-18
-18
-16
-16
-21
-22
-23
-26
-26
-26
-25
-24
-22
-17
-16
-17
-17
 chill °C
-36
-35
-33
-29
-30
-38
-39
-40
-42
-36
-33
-32
-33
-34
-27
-24
-26
-26
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
6:35
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—
6:31
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—
6:28
—
—
6:24
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—
6:20
—
—
6:16
—
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Sunset
—
9:17
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—
9:22
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—
9:24
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—
9:29
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—
9:31
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9:36
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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 -14°C on Tue afternoon, min -26°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WSW on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SW by Thu night).

Young Island Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat night, min -26°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

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
Jang Bogo Station
917 km S
29m alt.
1 hour ago
-19°C
light snow
Intermittent light snow.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.
3.0 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
992 km SW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-17°C
-
22
Moderate winds from the SSE
(22 kph at 160).
Williams Field
1286 km S
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-23°C
clear
-
24
Moderate winds from the E
(24 kph at 100).
10.0 km
Low: few
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
1295 km S
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-28°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
20
Moderate winds from the SE
(20 kph at 140).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: 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
5°C
-
13
Light winds from the E
(13 kph at 90).
ASCATB197E63S
1648 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the W
(52 kph at 279).
- km
ASCATB199E65S
1660 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the NNE
(42 kph at 13).
- km
ASCATB199E64S
1679 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the NNW
(44 kph at 330).
- km
ASCATB200E65S
1695 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the N
(33 kph at 0).
- 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.