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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 5 pm Thu 17 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Fri night. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sun morning, min -31°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, gales from the SSW by Fri night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Sun night, min -27°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, severe gales from the SW by Tue night).

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
Cloud base (m)
100
1300
1600
1300
550
1200
1050
1300
1350
1100
1100
1550
1950
500
500
450
km/h
5
N
10
S
35
SSW
55
SSW
70
SSW
70
SW
60
SW
55
SW
45
SW
30
SW
25
SW
10
SW
10
W
0
SE
45
SSW
65
SSW
75
SW
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Snowflake cm
2
2
2
2
2
4
 mm
max °C
-29
-30
-30
-28
-26
-24
-22
-21
-20
-19
-18
-18
-18
-18
-22
-25
-26
min °C
-29
-31
-30
-28
-27
-25
-23
-22
-20
-19
-19
-19
-18
-21
-24
-26
-27
 chill °C
-35
-46
-47
-47
-47
-44
-41
-39
-35
-32
-32
-26
-24
-33
-42
-46
-48
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-32-34-33-32-32-30-29-29-29-30-31-31-30-29-29-30-33-30-32-31-30-29-28-26-25-25-26-26-26-25-26-26-28-30-29-31-30-28-27-25-23-22-20-19-19-19-18-20-23-26-27-27-27-27-24-20-18-16-15-14-13-14-16-16-17-17-19-20
Sunrise
7:20
7:13
7:05
6:56
6:50
Sunset
6:22
6:30
6:37
6:45
6:52
6:59

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Fri night. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sun morning, min -31°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, gales from the SSW by Fri night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Sun night, min -27°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, severe gales from the SW by Tue night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Discovery at the specific elevation of 1000 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
-22°C
light snow
Light snow.
19
Light winds from the E
(19 kph at 90).
7.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-26°C
-
7
Light winds from the S
(7 kph at 190).
50 km
Mid: clear
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB202E67S
1762 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the N
(34 kph at 350).
- km
ASCATB203E67S
1770 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the N
(32 kph at 350).
- km
ASCATB199E66S
1809 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the NW
(34 kph at 314).
- km
ASCATB200E66S
1824 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the WNW
(36 kph at 298).
- km
ASCATB201E66S
1843 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WNW
(35 kph at 301).
- km
ASCATB202E66S
1850 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WNW
(35 kph at 296).
- km
ASCATC202E66S
1861 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the WNW
(29 kph at 300).
- 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.