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Lat: -77.87 Lon: 166.97 Alt: 8m
Tue 09th August 15:55UTC
-16°C / 3°F
Cloudy
10km
100%
66%
976mb
ESE (12 mph/19 km/h)
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Today and Tomorrow Forecast

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Tue 09
Aug		15:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 4 mph -8 / -13°F 74% 978 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

SSE
SSE

2 / 4 mph -5 / -5°F 96% 979 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

ENE
ENE

2 / 4 mph -1 / -6°F 95% 980 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
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
Wed 10
Aug		00:00

N
N

0 / 1 mph -3 / -3°F 97% 981 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
03:00

NW
NW

2 / 4 mph -5 / -10°F 92% 980 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
06:00

NW
NW

4 / 8 mph -2 / -11°F 91% 980 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
09:00

WNW
WNW

2 / 4 mph 3 / -2°F 96% 980 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
12:00

SSE
SSE

10 / 15 mph 8 / -6°F 89% 981 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 84%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
15:00

SE
SE

7 / 12 mph 6 / -6°F 87% 982 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 44%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
18:00

SE
SE

6 / 11 mph 7 / -3°F 88% 982 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
21:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 12 mph 10 / -2°F 92% 982 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In

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The 2 day current weather summary for Mcmurdo:

Taking a look at Mcmurdo over the coming week and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -14°C, with a high for the week of -11°C expected on the morning of Thursday 11th. The mean minimum temperature will be -24°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Tuesday 9th at -30°C. Expect the next week to have mostly dry days although Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th are likely to see a little snow. Predictions are Thursday 9th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 3.0mm. 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