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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Fri 23 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Thu night, min -17°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Tue afternoon, min -19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SW by Mon night).

Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
Cloud base (m)
1250
2050
2150
1600
1450
1300
1900
1050
150
250
100
600
1400
1400
1500
km/h
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
N
5
WSW
0
E
0
SSW
15
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
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Snowflake cm
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0.1
0.7
0.2
0.1
max °C
-9
-11
-11
-14
-13
-13
-15
-14
-14
-17
-16
-15
-15
-14
-12
-13
min °C
-11
-11
-12
-14
-14
-13
-17
-15
-15
-19
-17
-15
-17
-14
-13
-14
 chill °C
-17
-16
-17
-21
-21
-20
-24
-15
-19
-23
-17
-15
-25
-25
-23
-20
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Thu night, min -17°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Tue afternoon, min -19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SW by Mon night).

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.
1 hour ago
-16°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
19
Light winds from the S
(19 kph at 180).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-12°C
clear
Clear
Wind obs. (22 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (30 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
4.8 km
Mid: few
High: broken
1533 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (28 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
4.8 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATC184E64S
1775 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the SW
(45 kph at 216).
- km
ASCATC185E64S
1782 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the SW
(44 kph at 218).
- km
ASCATB158E63S
1786 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the NNE
(24 kph at 26).
- km
ASCATC158E63S
1788 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
25
Moderate winds from the NNW
(25 kph at 335).
- km
ASCATC157E63S
1788 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the NNW
(24 kph at 337).
- km
ASCATB157E63S
1793 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the NNE
(27 kph at 32).
- 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.