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Young Island Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 20 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Wed morning, min -16°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the W on Wed afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Fri night, min -19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the W by Sun night).

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
mod snow
light snow
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
some clouds
mod. snow
light snow
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
0
200
km/h
20
SW
25
WSW
25
W
45
N
55
WNW
55
W
30
WSW
20
SW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
W
30
W
35
W
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
—
6
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-16
-15
-10
-8
-9
-10
-12
-13
-14
-15
-14
-13
-14
-15
-14
-16
-18
-18
min °C
-16
-16
-14
-8
-9
-11
-12
-13
-15
-15
-14
-13
-14
-15
-16
-16
-18
-19
 chill °C
-26
-26
-23
-19
-21
-22
-22
-22
-23
-22
-19
-16
-18
-22
-26
-26
-30
-31
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-16-16-12-8-9-11-12-13-15-15-14-13-14-15-15-16-18-19-16-13-12-5-4-7-10-10-11-11-10-10-10-9-12-12-13-15
Sunrise
6:07
—
—
6:03
—
—
6:01
—
—
5:56
—
—
5:52
—
—
5:48
—
—
Sunset
—
9:43
—
—
9:46
—
—
9:51
—
—
9:53
—
—
9:58
—
—
—
10:01

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Young Island Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Young Island is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Wed morning, min -16°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the W on Wed afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Young Island Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Fri night, min -19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the W by Sun 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
hy2c168E63S
511 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the W
(47 kph at 265).
- km
hy2c168E62S
530 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the W
(53 kph at 275).
- km
hy2c169E63S
538 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the W
(47 kph at 262).
- km
hy2c170E63S
548 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the WSW
(42 kph at 258).
- km
hy2c167E62S
553 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
56
Near gales from the W
(56 kph at 278).
- km
hy2c169E62S
553 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the W
(49 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c170E62S
587 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the W
(48 kph at 268).
- km
hy2c171E63S
588 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the WSW
(36 kph at 245).
- km
hy2c166E61S
607 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the W
(52 kph at 280).
- km
hy2c167E61S
617 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the W
(53 kph at 280).
- 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.