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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 am Sat 26 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat morning, min -28°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sun night, calm by Mon night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Thu afternoon, min -28°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Cloud base (m)
1150
1300
1400
1550
400
1050
1200
1750
1850
1400
1700
1500
300
350
1450
km/h
25
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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 mm
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0.1
0.4
0.7
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—
—
—
—
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0.3
1
1.5
3
max °C
-15
-16
-15
-17
-17
-19
-22
-23
-27
-26
-26
-23
-18
-17
-12
-11
-9
-10
min °C
-16
-16
-20
-19
-17
-22
-22
-25
-28
-28
-28
-27
-20
-17
-15
-12
-10
-11
 chill °C
-27
-22
-29
-29
-28
-34
-33
-34
-35
-33
-37
-38
-31
-26
-23
-21
-19
-22
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-31-31-33-35-35-35-35-34-35-36-37-35-32-30-28-26-26-27-26-26-28-31-32-31-31-31-33-33-33-31-28-25-23-22-22-22-21-21-22-24-26-26-27-29-30-31-28-24-22-19-17-16-17-16-16-18-18-17-21-22-24-28-27-27-25-19-17-14-12-10-11
Sunrise
6:18
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7:09
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6:01
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5:54
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5:46
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5:37
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Sunset
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7:29
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8:36
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7:43
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7:51
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7:58
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8:06
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat morning, min -28°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sun night, calm by Mon night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Thu afternoon, min -28°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSW 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
-16°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (13 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
6.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-18°C
-
17
Light winds from the ESE
(17 kph at 110).
28 km
Mid: overcast
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
2 hours ago
-6°C
State of sky unchanged.
39
Strong winds from the W
(39 kph at 280).
35 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
2674 km N
6m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
No report.
Wind obs. (31 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
Davis
2683 km SW
23m alt.
2 hours ago
-12°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
31
Fresh winds from the NE
(31 kph at 40).
1.0 km
Mid: overcast
BaseBelgranoII
2809 km S
256m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, below eye level.
33
Fresh winds from the SE
(33 kph at 140).
30 km
Mid: few
2883 km N
16m alt.
1 hour ago
6°C
-
33
Fresh winds from the W
(33 kph at 270).
ASCATC99E60S
3050 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the NW
(48 kph at 323).
- km
ASCATC98E60S
3059 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the NNW
(52 kph at 327).
- km
ASCATB93E61S
3069 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the NNW
(58 kph at 342).
- 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.