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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 pm Sat 19 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sun morning, min -20°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Sat night, calm by Mon afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue night, min -30°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Thu night).

Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1700
1650
1050
1000
1100
450
2100
1800
1600
100
1550
km/h
40
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
W
15
SW
40
SW
40
SW
10
SSW
5
NW
0
NNW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
30
SW
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Snowflake cm
 mm
2
0.6
0.7
1.1
0.2
0.1
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.1
max °C
-13
-12
-12
-13
-13
-13
-14
-20
-20
-21
-23
-24
-29
-29
-27
-24
min °C
-13
-13
-13
-14
-13
-15
-18
-20
-20
-23
-24
-27
-30
-30
-30
-26
 chill °C
-25
-24
-23
-23
-18
-19
-31
-34
-34
-28
-30
-33
-39
-42
-42
-40
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-28-29-30-30-30-30-30-31-31-31-28-30-33-37-38-39-24-25-26-26-25-25-26-28-29-28-25-27-31-35-35-36-20-19-19-19-18-18-21-25-26-24-25-28-31-32-32-31-13-13-13-14-13-14-16-20-20-22-24-26-30-30-29-25
Sunrise
7:05
6:56
6:50
6:41
6:33
Sunset
6:45
6:52
6:59
7:07
7:14

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sun morning, min -20°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Sat night, calm by Mon afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue night, min -30°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Thu 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-14°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-24°C
-
17
Light winds from the E
(17 kph at 100).
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
hy2b199E67S
1687 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the W
(58 kph at 270).
- km
hy2b201E67S
1708 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the W
(58 kph at 268).
- km
hy2b200E67S
1721 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
55
Near gales from the W
(55 kph at 268).
- km
hy2b199E66S
1732 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the W
(53 kph at 268).
- km
hy2b202E67S
1739 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the W
(58 kph at 268).
- km
hy2b203E67S
1750 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the W
(59 kph at 270).
- km
hy2b202E66S
1756 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the W
(58 kph at 270).
- 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.