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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Thu 15 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Sat morning, min -19°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Mon night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Mon night, min -8°C on Mon morning). Mainly strong winds.

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
light rain
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
light rain
light rain
mod. rain
Cloud base (m)
100
100
150
600
350
1300
1100
150
500
250
1100
550
1150
300
250
400
450
km/h
5
NW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
S
15
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
0.1
0.8
0.3
—
—
—
0.1
0.2
0.2
1.6
1.8
6
2
3
6
3
2
5
max °C
-15
-15
-17
-13
-12
-10
-8
-9
-9
-7
-7
-7
-7
-6
-5
-5
-5
-6
min °C
-17
-16
-19
-16
-12
-13
-9
-10
-11
-7
-7
-7
-8
-7
-6
-6
-6
-7
 chill °C
-17
-21
-25
-20
-17
-21
-17
-15
-17
-15
-16
-16
-18
-16
-14
-14
-15
-16
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-31-30-28-25-25-26-26-26-25-23-24-23-24-24-24-26-25-27-28-27-24-22-21-22-22-22-21-19-20-19-19-20-20-21-21-21-22-22-20-18-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-15-14-13-13-13-14-16-16-18-15-12-12-9-10-10-7-7-7-8-7-6-6-6-7
Sunrise
4:20
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—
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
Sunset
—
—
11:20
—
—
11:32
—
—
11:46
12:00
—
—
12:02
—
—
12:21
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Sat morning, min -19°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Heavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Mon night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Mon night, min -8°C on Mon morning). Mainly strong winds.

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.
2 hours ago
-23°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (6 kph from 140 degs) was rejected.
9.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
High: overcast
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
1 hour ago
-21°C
clear
Haze -.
7
Light winds from the ESE
(7 kph at 110).
5.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-16°C
-
9
Light winds from the E
(9 kph at 90).
50 km
Mid: scattered
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
hy2c176E64S
1686 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the SSE
(41 kph at 162).
- km
hy2c179E64S
1694 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NE
(32 kph at 40).
- km
hy2c178E64S
1695 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the ENE
(34 kph at 78).
- km
hy2c182E64S
1696 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the N
(24 kph at 8).
- km
hy2c177E64S
1705 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the E
(33 kph at 85).
- km
hy2c186E64S
1706 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the NNW
(23 kph at 330).
- 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.