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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 5 pm Sat 12 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Sun afternoon, min -20°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Sun morning, light winds from the SSW by Tue morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Tue afternoon, min -23°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, calm by Thu morning).

Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
some clouds
rain shwrs
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
light rain
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
1600
1500
1550
1250
1200
1150
450
250
2150
1400
1450
1200
1700
1900
2050
1750
km/h
15
SSW
40
SW
50
SW
45
SW
35
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
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Snowflake cm
 mm
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.4
0.4
0.8
1.3
0.1
0.1
max °C
-19
-15
-11
-8
-8
-9
-9
-9
-16
-16
-19
-19
-18
-21
-22
-21
-18
min °C
-20
-18
-13
-9
-9
-9
-10
-18
-17
-17
-21
-20
-19
-23
-22
-21
-20
 chill °C
-30
-29
-26
-20
-18
-18
-16
-28
-25
-22
-31
-32
-30
-30
-26
-26
-26
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-28-24-25-24-25-25-26-26-25-27-30-30-30-30-31-32-27-25-22-21-20-21-21-22-23-23-25-27-27-27-27-27-28-22-22-19-15-15-15-15-18-20-20-22-24-25-24-23-23-23-20-17-12-9-9-9-10-14-17-17-20-20-19-22-22-21-19
Sunrise
8:00
7:52
7:45
7:37
7:28
Sunset
5:45
5:53
6:00
6:08
6:15
6:22

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Sun afternoon, min -20°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Sun morning, light winds from the SSW by Tue morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Tue afternoon, min -23°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, calm 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
-18°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
20
Moderate winds from the E
(20 kph at 90).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
ASCATB198E66S
1785 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the N
(46 kph at 359).
- km
ASCATB199E66S
1797 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the N
(46 kph at 359).
- km
hy2c158E62S
1869 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the WSW
(47 kph at 250).
- km
hy2c156E62S
1879 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the WSW
(45 kph at 252).
- km
ASCATB198E65S
1887 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the N
(47 kph at 356).
- km
hy2c159E62S
1894 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the WSW
(46 kph at 245).
- km
hy2c157E62S
1896 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the WSW
(44 kph at 250).
- km
hy2c158E61S
1907 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the WSW
(44 kph at 248).
- km
ASCATB199E65S
1911 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the N
(45 kph at 357).
- 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.