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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

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

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sun afternoon, min -18°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly near gales.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Tue afternoon, min -16°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
1550
2000
1700
1950
1850
1950
1550
1800
2050
1300
400
1350
350
1350
300
km/h
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
45
SW
45
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
7
2
3
2
5
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-14
-16
-17
-16
-16
-16
-14
-15
-13
-10
-12
-14
-11
-9
-8
-8
min °C
-16
-16
-18
-18
-16
-16
-16
-15
-14
-12
-12
-16
-16
-10
-9
-8
 chill °C
-29
-30
-33
-33
-30
-30
-28
-28
-26
-24
-24
-30
-30
-21
-19
-17
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-29-29-29-29-28-28-28-27-25-24-26-23-21-21-21-23-24-25-24-24-23-22-23-22-20-19-22-19-17-16-16-15-16-18-17-16-16-15-15-14-11-12-15-14-10-9-8-9-8-10-10-9-8-10-8-6-6-5-7-7-3-1-2
Sunrise
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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Sunset
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sun afternoon, min -18°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly near gales.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Tue afternoon, min -16°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SSW 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.
3 hours ago
-10°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
17
Light winds from the ENE
(17 kph at 60).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
1 hour ago
-14°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 10).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-14°C
-
30
Fresh winds from the SE
(30 kph at 130).
1533 km S
2835m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
31 km
Mid: clear
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-34°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 200).
ASCATB170E64S
1661 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the S
(37 kph at 177).
- km
ASCATB169E64S
1664 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the S
(39 kph at 170).
- km
ASCATC169E64S
1664 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the S
(42 kph at 170).
- km
ASCATB171E64S
1665 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the S
(41 kph at 178).
- 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.