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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 5 am Sun 13 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Sun night, min -23°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Sun morning, light winds from the SSW by Tue morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

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

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
AM
PM
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
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
light rain
Cloud base (m)
450
1200
1150
250
450
250
400
450
1750
1400
km/h
60
SW
55
SW
40
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
30
SW
10
SSW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
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Snowflake cm
 mm
1.9
1.6
4
1
0.6
2
0.3
max °C
-10
-8
-7
-9
-8
-9
-17
-19
-21
-21
-24
-26
-28
-28
-30
-27
-26
-22
min °C
-12
-9
-8
-9
-8
-15
-18
-21
-23
-22
-26
-29
-29
-30
-30
-29
-27
-27
 chill °C
-25
-21
-16
-16
-14
-23
-24
-29
-33
-35
-33
-29
-29
-36
-38
-37
-37
-38
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-23-23-24-26-26-27-26-26-28-31-32-32-33-34-35-35-34-33-20-19-20-22-21-22-23-24-26-29-29-30-31-31-32-32-32-31-18-15-14-15-14-17-20-22-25-26-26-27-29-30-30-30-30-28-11-9-8-9-8-12-18-20-22-22-25-28-29-29-30-28-27-25
Sunrise
8:00
7:52
7:45
7:37
7:28
7:20
Sunset
5:53
6:00
6:08
6:15
6:22
6:30

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Sun night, min -23°C on Tue night). 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 -21°C on Wed morning, min -30°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri 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
-11°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
102
Extremely windy from the SSW
(102 kph at 200).
1.6 km
High: broken
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-16°C
-
33
Fresh winds from the SE
(33 kph at 140).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATC178E64S
1612 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the SSW
(50 kph at 204).
- km
ASCATB178E64S
1612 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
51
Near gales from the SSW
(51 kph at 203).
- km
ASCATC182E65S
1625 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
59
Near gales from the SSW
(59 kph at 204).
- km
ASCATB179E64S
1637 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
55
Near gales from the SSW
(55 kph at 206).
- km
ASCATC181E64S
1648 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
57
Near gales from the SSW
(57 kph at 209).
- km
ASCATC182E64S
1650 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the SSW
(50 kph at 208).
- km
ASCATC179E64S
1650 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the SSW
(50 kph at 208).
- km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.

* 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.