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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
Thu 12
Mar		06:00

ESE
ESE

 5 / 7 mph 2 / -9°F 96% 982 mb
Low level cloud: 96%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
09:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 11 mph -1 / -13°F 96% 982 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
12:00

E
E

 6 / 13 mph -5 / -18°F 94% 982 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
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

 7 / 14 mph -5 / -19°F 91% 982 mb
Low level cloud: 69%
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

ESE
ESE

 7 / 15 mph -9 / -23°F 94% 983 mb
Low level cloud: 53%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
88%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

ESE
ESE

 8 / 16 mph -5 / -20°F 93% 983 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 61%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Fri 13
Mar		00:00

ESE
ESE

 7 / 14 mph -5 / -20°F 86% 984 mb
Low level cloud: 20%
Mid level cloud: 56%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
41%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

ESE
ESE

 7 / 15 mph -7 / -22°F 83% 985 mb
Low level cloud: 32%
Mid level cloud: 64%
High level cloud: 27%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
57%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 12 mph -15 / -30°F 85% 985 mb
Low level cloud: 35%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
52%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

E
E

 5 / 11 mph -21 / -35°F 84% 986 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
96%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

E
E

 5 / 10 mph -22 / -36°F 79% 987 mb
Low level cloud: 70%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
86%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

E
E

 5 / 11 mph -22 / -37°F 78% 987 mb
Low level cloud: 63%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 17%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
75%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 12 mph -23 / -39°F 79% 988 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 13 mph -21 / -37°F 85% 989 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
88%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Mcmurdo:

The forecast for Mcmurdo in the coming week is predicting the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -27°C, with a high for the week of -17°C expected on the morning of Thursday 12th. The mean minimum temperature will be -32°C, dipping to its lowest on the evening of Tuesday 17th at -36°C. The week ahead will have mostly dry days although Thursday is likely to see a little snow. Current predictions suggest Thursday 17th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 1.0mm. 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