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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Mon 12 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Thu morning, min -23°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sun morning, min -14°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
some clouds
rain shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
cloudy
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
650
350
450
1500
600
1700
1100
150
450
250
150
200
500
350
1350
1200
250
km/h
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
0
SSW
0
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
5
SW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
0.2
—
—
—
—
—
0.1
—
0.7
1.4
1.4
1.4
2
0.3
0.5
—
max °C
-19
-21
-21
-21
-21
-18
-17
-17
-13
-14
-11
-8
-7
-8
-8
-8
-11
min °C
-19
-22
-22
-22
-23
-19
-17
-18
-15
-14
-14
-10
-8
-10
-9
-10
-12
 chill °C
-25
-31
-30
-29
-30
-19
-17
-23
-15
-22
-22
-18
-16
-18
-18
-16
-17
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-33-33-32-31-32-32-31-30-28-28-26-25-23-26-26-27-26-30-30-30-29-29-29-28-27-24-24-23-21-20-22-22-22-22-25-25-26-26-26-24-24-22-19-20-18-16-15-15-16-16-16-19-22-22-22-22-19-17-18-14-14-13-9-8-9-9-9-12
Sunrise
—
—
4:43
—
—
4:31
—
—
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
Sunset
—
10:45
—
—
10:57
—
—
11:07
—
—
11:20
—
—
11:32
—
—
11:46

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Thu morning, min -23°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sun morning, min -14°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Discovery at the specific elevation of 0 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Mount Discovery. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of Antarctica.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-19°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 120 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
2 hours ago
-20°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
30
Fresh winds from the W
(30 kph at 260).
4.0 km
Mid: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 90 degs) was rejected.
4.8 km
Mid: few
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-8°C
-
17
Light winds from the ESE
(17 kph at 120).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
1533 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 90 degs) was rejected.
4.8 km
Mid: few
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
2 hours ago
-17°C
Dust or sand raised by wind.
67
Gales from the S
(67 kph at 190).
4.0 km
Mid: few
ASCATB237E69S
2362 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the S
(47 kph at 173).
- km
ASCATC238E69S
2380 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the S
(45 kph at 176).
- km
ASCATB230E67S
2391 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the SSW
(53 kph at 200).
- km

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.