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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 29 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu morning, min -26°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Fri morning, min -24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
5000
3800
3250
1800
200
200
1350
1850
1850
200
600
500
100
km/h
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
15
SW
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
0.3
1
1.8
1.1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-24
-23
-20
-19
-16
-14
-14
-19
-18
-18
-22
-20
-20
-22
-20
-20
-23
min °C
-26
-24
-24
-22
-20
-19
-15
-19
-20
-18
-21
-24
-22
-21
-23
-22
-22
-23
 chill °C
-35
-33
-35
-30
-20
-24
-20
-33
-34
-27
-25
-29
-22
-30
-28
-22
-27
-28
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-36-36-36-34-32-31-31-32-34-33-31-32-33-33-33-32-31-30-33-32-32-30-28-27-27-28-31-29-27-29-29-29-29-28-28-27-30-28-26-25-23-21-20-24-26-24-23-25-25-25-24-24-23-22-26-24-24-21-20-18-15-17-20-18-20-23-21-21-23-21-21-23
Sunrise
6:50
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—
6:41
—
—
6:33
—
—
6:24
—
—
6:16
—
—
6:07
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—
Sunset
—
8:54
—
—
9:01
—
—
9:09
—
—
9:17
—
—
9:25
—
—
9:34
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu morning, min -26°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Fri morning, min -24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-33°C
clear
-
20
Moderate winds from the ESE
(20 kph at 120).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-27°C
clear
Haze -.
Wind obs. (17 kph from 130 degs) was rejected.
3.2 km
Low: few
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-23°C
-
9
Light winds from the WSW
(9 kph at 240).
50 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATB182E65S
1639 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
71
Gales from the SSW
(71 kph at 197).
- km
ASCATB183E65S
1640 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
71
Gales from the SSW
(71 kph at 195).
- km
ASCATC182E65S
1640 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
64
Gales from the SSW
(64 kph at 198).
- km
ASCATC183E65S
1640 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
67
Gales from the SSW
(67 kph at 196).
- km
ASCATB182E64S
1650 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
65
Gales from the SSW
(65 kph at 196).
- km
ASCATC182E64S
1651 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
60
Near gales from the SSW
(60 kph at 198).
- km
ASCATC181E64S
1652 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the SSW
(57 kph at 198).
- 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.