Antarctica Weather

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 20/09/2008 16:15

This has got to be a be a super nasty wind chill!

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 20/09/2008 19:34

170km/h? Wow!

Not quite a 'condition one' though (air temperature is a bit high), here's what it's like.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Mon 22/09/2008 02:20

Dumont D'Urville is a horror site that has had windspeeds up to about 320kph.

David · Unread post by **David** » Mon 22/09/2008 16:40

Foggy wrote:170km/h? Wow!

Observations from BOM's site shows peak average was 158km/h and peak gust 191km/h!

Pity there is no Dumont D'Urville weather data that I can find...

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Mon 22/09/2008 17:08

Its not called the driest, windiest and coldest continent on earth for no reson.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 22/09/2008 18:18

and cold air is more dense, so strong winds will have more power to them, yes?

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Mon 22/09/2008 19:20

Manukau heads observer wrote:and cold air is more dense, so strong winds will have more power to them, yes?

Hmmm good point there... i have never thought about that

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 23/09/2008 04:54

You can find some wetaher records for D D'U in this link:

http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/MeteoDdU.html

sthguy · Unread post by **sthguy** » Tue 23/09/2008 05:36

Read Mawson's 'Home of the Blizzard' - a fascinating account of exploration in this part of Antarctica

http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctic ... reface.htm

stormlab · Unread post by **stormlab** » Thu 11/12/2008 22:31

Hello,

It's coming the summer in Antarctica:
http://www.weathersoft.net/download/img ... -tempC.jpg

Angel Dimitrov
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