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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sat 17 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sun afternoon, min -15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Mon afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Mon night, min -11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon night, light winds from the SW by Thu morning).

Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
light rain
mod. rain
light rain
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
light rain
cloudy
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
200
500
500
250
450
150
300
400
1250
300
1300
1150
1500
650
350
500
km/h
15
SW
15
SSW
5
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
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Snowflake cm
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—
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—
—
—
—
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 mm
0.1
—
—
—
0.9
3
6
1.5
1.4
4
0.9
—
0.2
0.3
0.5
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max °C
-12
-9
-9
-9
-7
-6
-6
-6
-6
-6
-6
-7
-8
-7
-7
-9
min °C
-15
-10
-11
-13
-8
-7
-8
-7
-6
-6
-7
-7
-11
-10
-7
-11
 chill °C
-22
-16
-15
-20
-16
-15
-17
-16
-15
-14
-15
-14
-18
-17
-14
-17
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-25-26-26-27-26-24-24-23-22-24-25-26-26-26-25-25-22-22-22-23-22-20-20-20-18-19-20-21-21-21-21-21-17-16-17-17-14-14-14-14-14-12-13-14-15-15-14-14-14-10-10-11-8-7-7-7-6-6-7-7-10-9-7-10
Sunrise
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3:55
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12:00
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3:24
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3:04
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2:41
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Sunset
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11:46
12:00
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12:02
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12:21
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12:45
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sun afternoon, min -15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Mon afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Mon night, min -11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon night, light winds from the SW by Thu morning).

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
-23°C
clear
Haze -.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
1.8 km
Low: broken
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
3 hours ago
-21°C
-
11
Light winds from the N
(11 kph at 350).
40 km
Mid: few
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
8.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-19°C
-
59
Near gales from the SE
(59 kph at 140).
1533 km S
2835m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
28 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATC178E64S
1713 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
13
Light winds from the WNW
(13 kph at 299).
- km
ASCATC179E64S
1719 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
10
Light winds from the WNW
(10 kph at 285).
- km
ASCATC180E64S
1725 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the SW
(21 kph at 220).
- km
ASCATC181E64S
1740 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
18
Light winds from the WSW
(18 kph at 248).
- km
ASCATC182E64S
1749 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
8
Light winds from the W
(8 kph at 268).
- 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.