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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Thu 15 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat afternoon, min -24°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sun night, min -15°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Sat night, gales from the SSW by Mon afternoon).

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
550
100
100
150
550
400
1300
1250
200
300
150
1050
450
1100
500
km/h
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
20
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
60
SSW
60
SSW
45
SSW
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
4
3
9
4
5
8
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-21
-20
-21
-21
-18
-17
-16
-16
-15
-14
-14
-14
-13
-14
-13
-13
min °C
-24
-21
-22
-22
-20
-17
-17
-16
-15
-15
-14
-14
-14
-14
-14
-13
 chill °C
-34
-28
-32
-32
-31
-28
-29
-28
-24
-25
-26
-27
-28
-28
-28
-26
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-31-31-30-27-25-26-26-27-26-25-23-24-23-24-24-28-27-27-27-24-22-22-22-22-22-21-19-20-19-19-20-23-21-22-22-19-17-17-16-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-13-18-16-15-18-14-12-12-8-9-10-7-7-7-7-6-7
Sunrise
—
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
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—
Sunset
—
—
—
11:20
—
—
11:32
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—
11:46
12:00
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12:02
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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 -15°C on Sat afternoon, min -24°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sun night, min -15°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Sat night, gales from the SSW by Mon afternoon).

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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
37 minutes ago
clear
-
11
Light winds from the NE
(11 kph at 40).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
High: scattered
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
37 minutes ago
-24°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-15°C
-
30
Fresh winds from the SSW
(30 kph at 200).
ASCATB148E64S
1758 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the WSW
(45 kph at 245).
- km
ASCATC148E64S
1759 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the WSW
(47 kph at 251).
- km
ASCATC146E64S
1765 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the WSW
(46 kph at 248).
- km
ASCATB147E64S
1767 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the WSW
(46 kph at 248).
- km
ASCATC147E64S
1769 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the WSW
(47 kph at 252).
- km
ASCATB146E64S
1773 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the WSW
(47 kph at 245).
- km
ASCATB145E64S
1786 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the WSW
(53 kph at 250).
- 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.