From Stu
Just so no one is under an illusions about the trip ahead - here is a little look into our weather for the week ahead!
This is from among a number of excellent weather sources we will be using including
Understanding what the weather will be like on a particular day at a particular altitude given the reports below takes some practice and some effort. The wind direction and speed, precipitation and cloud cover are core elements that we take into consideration but a crucial aspect of successful predictions is comparison of predictions to on-site experience and at this time we have no one to confirm the weather at C4!
Looks like a lot of snow at this time so we may land and simply dig out our tents for two weeks and come home! We'll see!
| enali, 63.0693N 151.006W, 6194 m Sun, ↑ 03:37 ↓ 20:16 Solar Time |
| Date | Sat 30 | Sat 30 | Sun 1 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | day | night | day | night | day | night | day | night | day |
| Weather | |||||||||
| Temp. Max.| Min. ° C | -35|-37 | -38|-39 | -36|-39 | -35|-35 | -35|-36 | -36|-38 | -39|-39 | -39|-40 | -38|-38 |
| Freezing level | 1253 m | 326 m | 1030 m | 676 m | 1143 m | 718 m | 997 m | 652 m | 876 m |
| Wind dir. | 134° | 111° | 193° | 181° | 183° | 159° | 170° | 211° | 222° |
| Wind speed | 39 km/h | 30 km/h | 58 km/h | 49 km/h | 23 km/h | 27 km/h | 48 km/h | 41 km/h | 54 km/h |
| Relative Humidity | 98 % | 99 % | 96 % | 98 % | 97 % | 98 % | 97 % | 99 % | 99 % |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 5 mm | 4 mm | 7 mm | 14 mm | 19 mm | 16 mm | 23 mm | 10 mm |
| snow | rain | 7cm | 4cm | 4cm | 6cm | 13cm | 17cm | 14cm | 20cm | 8cm |
