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Mcmurdo Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Mcmurdo

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DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 14
May		06:00

ESE
ESE

 4 / 7 mph -23 / -35°F 98% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
09:00

ESE
ESE

 4 / 7 mph -24 / -36°F 99% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

E
E

 3 / 7 mph -25 / -36°F 99% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

E
E

 4 / 7 mph -25 / -37°F 98% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

E
E

 3 / 6 mph -25 / -36°F 96% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NE
NE

 2 / 5 mph -28 / -37°F 94% 998 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Thu 15
May		00:00

NNE
NNE

 1 / 2 mph -30 / -30°F 95% 998 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

 2 / 4 mph -31 / -31°F 95% 998 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NW
NW

 2 / 4 mph -34 / -42°F 93% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

NW
NW

 2 / 4 mph -37 / -37°F 92% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 27%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NW
NW

 3 / 7 mph -37 / -50°F 89% 996 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
89%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

NW
NW

 3 / 6 mph -39 / -51°F 86% 996 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

NW
NW

 3 / 7 mph -38 / -51°F 84% 994 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
43%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NW
NW

 3 / 7 mph -38 / -51°F 82% 993 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 67%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
66%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Mcmurdo:

Reviewing the forecast for Mcmurdo Over the next 7 days and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -30°C, with a high for the week of -23°C expected on the morning of Saturday 17th. The average minimum temperature will be -36°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Tuesday 20th at -41°C. The week will have mostly dry days although Saturday is likely to see a little snow. It looks like Saturday 20th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 2.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be light.

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Day

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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image � it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure