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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Tue 13 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Thu morning, min -26°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Fri afternoon, min -19°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the SW by Sat night).

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
400
450
1550
600
1600
400
100
300
100
250
450
1500
450
1500
1200
1600
km/h
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
5
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-24
-26
-26
-25
-24
-23
-21
-19
-20
-16
-15
-13
-14
-15
-16
-17
min °C
-26
-26
-26
-26
-24
-24
-23
-20
-20
-19
-15
-14
-15
-15
-16
-17
 chill °C
-39
-39
-40
-38
-33
-34
-33
-28
-32
-32
-28
-27
-25
-26
-25
-25
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
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4:43
—
—
4:31
—
—
4:20
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—
4:07
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—
3:55
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Sunset
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—
—
10:57
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11:07
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11:20
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11:32
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11:46

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Thu morning, min -26°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Fri afternoon, min -19°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the SW by Sat 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
-25°C
light snow
Light snow.
31
Fresh winds from the ENE
(31 kph at 70).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Amundsen-Scott Airport
1297 km S
507m alt.
1 hour ago
-60°C
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
19
Light winds from the E
(19 kph at 80).
4.8 km
Mid: scattered
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-14°C
-
6
Light winds from the SE
(6 kph at 140).
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
1533 km S
2835m alt.
1 hour ago
-60°C
light snow
Diamond dust.
19
Light winds from the E
(19 kph at 80).
4.8 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATB183E65S
1654 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the WNW
(48 kph at 298).
- km
ASCATC183E65S
1659 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
54
Near gales from the N
(54 kph at 358).
- km
ASCATB184E65S
1665 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the WNW
(52 kph at 294).
- km
ASCATB178E64S
1715 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
63
Gales from the NW
(63 kph at 306).
- km
ASCATB179E64S
1723 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
62
Gales from the WNW
(62 kph at 303).
- km
ASCATB180E64S
1730 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
62
Gales from the WNW
(62 kph at 302).
- 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.