Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1985-86: VUWAE 30
Weather
Weather
Weather conditions were generally fine during the time spent in the field. The main exception being two days of quite heavy snow (18 cm total) with accompanying low visibility (100-200 m) but no wind. One or two other days had winds strong enough to make conditions on exposed ridges unpleasant especially when combined with light snow. Most of the other days were calm and sunny. Meteorological recordings were made at 0800 and 2000 and relayed to Scott Base during the radio skeds. Highest temperature page 26 measured was −3°C and the lowest −17°c. The weather forecasts which we requested on several occasions proved to be of little use, inevitably the weather on the following day was the complete antithesis of that forecast.