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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Sun 04 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Tue afternoon, min -20°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sun afternoon, near gales from the SW by Mon morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Wed morning, min -24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
Cloud base (m)
1050
350
100
100
400
1850
km/h
10
W
5
W
25
SW
55
SW
45
SSW
40
SSW
45
SW
25
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
0
S
0
SW
5
NNW
0
NE
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Snowflake cm
—
—
4
2
3
10
1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-18
-17
-16
-19
-17
-14
-13
-11
-11
-12
-12
-13
-18
-19
-20
-21
-22
-23
min °C
-19
-18
-19
-20
-18
-16
-14
-12
-12
-12
-12
-17
-19
-20
-21
-21
-23
-24
 chill °C
-26
-23
-34
-36
-32
-28
-27
-21
-18
-19
-12
-17
-19
-20
-21
-21
-23
-24
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-30-28-27-27-27-25-23-21-22-22-22-22-22-22-24-25-25-27-26-24-23-23-23-21-19-17-18-18-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-19-18-18-20-18-15-14-12-12-12-12-15-19-20-21-21-23-24-18-17-14-13-11-9-8-8-11-9-9-15-15-16-19-18-18-23
Sunrise
6:07
—
—
6:00
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:41
—
—
5:33
—
—
5:22
—
—
Sunset
—
9:34
—
—
9:42
—
—
9:50
—
—
9:59
—
—
—
10:07
—
—
10:16

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Tue afternoon, min -20°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sun afternoon, near gales from the SW by Mon morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Wed morning, min -24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

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
-18°C
clear
Clear
22
Moderate winds from the N
(22 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-18°C
-
20
Moderate winds from the E
(20 kph at 100).
30 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB183E64S
1674 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the SW
(57 kph at 221).
- km
ASCATC182E64S
1681 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
55
Near gales from the SW
(55 kph at 220).
- km
ASCATC183E64S
1682 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the SW
(52 kph at 224).
- km
ASCATB181E64S
1683 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
71
Gales from the SW
(71 kph at 224).
- km
ASCATC181E64S
1683 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
60
Near gales from the SW
(60 kph at 225).
- km
ASCATB182E64S
1684 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
61
Near gales from the SW
(61 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATB178E64S
1688 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
72
Gales from the WSW
(72 kph at 241).
- km
ASCATB180E64S
1695 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
76
Severe gales from the SW
(76 kph at 231).
- 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.