September 4, 2007
1928 gmt
North Pole Satellite
The reason for all this colder weather over Antarctica are the heat storms, hurricanes, cyclones of the Northern Hemisphere.
September 4, 2007
1928 gmt
South Pole Satellite
Easily discerned are very cold high elevations over East Antarctica. There are heat transfer vortexes from nearby land masses, which explains the winds and high level intrusions on the jet stream.
September 5, 2007
1200 AM UTC
Antarctica Surface Winds (Click here for loop)
Except for the peninsula, there is little break in the higher winds. It explains why so much of the continent is the same temperature; as the wind mixes the heat with frigid air.
September 4, 2004
0600 GMT
Jet Stream satellite image for Antarctica (Click here for six day image)
Basically, no surprises. All the higher elevations are untouched by heat transfer vortexes while there is significant heat exchange at lower latitudes.
September 4, 2007
0900 PM UTC
Antarctica
The coldest reporting stations on Antarctica :
Vostok, Antarctica
Time :: 6:00 AM VOST
Elevation :: 11220 ft / 3420 m
Temperature :: -111 F / -80 C
Humidity :: 70%
Dew Point :: -113 F / -80 C
Wind :: 4 mph / 6 km/h from the West
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: in / hPa (Rising)
Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers
Amundsen-Scott
Time :: 1150 AM NZST
Elevation :: 9285 feet / 2830 M
Temperature :: - 75 F / - 60 C
Conditions :: Blowing Snow Mist
Wind :: 17 mph / 29 km/h / 7.7 m/s from ESE
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: 28.32 in / 959 hPa (Rising)
Visibility :: 1.0 mile / 1.2 kilometers
Davis 76.05S 65.02E
Time :: 900 AM DAVT
Temperature :: - 58 F / -50 C
Conditions :: Calm
Warmest Reporting Stations
Palmer Station, Antarctica
Time :: 8:00 PM CLT
Elevation :: 26 ft / 8 m
Temperature :: 22 F / -5 C
Conditions :: Clear
Humidity :: 75%
Dew Point :: 17 F / -8 C
Wind :: 4 mph / 7 km/h from the South
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: 29.35 in / 994 hPa (Falling)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.0 kilometers
Casey 66.28S 110.52E
Time :: 8:00 AM WST
Temperature :: 21 F / -6 C
Conditions :: Heavy Blowing Snow
Humidity :: 92%
Winds :: East at 54 mph/ 87 km/h
Dew Point :: 20 F / -7 C
Pressure :: 28.70 in / 972 hPa (Falling)
Visibility :: 0.0 miles / 0.1 kilometers
