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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 5 am Thu 17 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sat night, min -31°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, gales from the SSW by Fri night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Sun morning, min -26°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, gales from the SW by Tue night).

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
Cloud base (m)
50
150
1800
1700
1450
1250
1600
500
1350
1200
400
350
1450
1600
550
500
300
300
km/h
5
NNW
5
N
10
S
35
SSW
50
SSW
65
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
35
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
0
SSE
15
S
40
SSW
50
SSW
60
SSW
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Snowflake cm
1
2
4
 mm
max °C
-27
-29
-30
-30
-28
-26
-24
-21
-20
-19
-19
-20
-19
-20
-21
-25
-26
-25
min °C
-28
-30
-31
-31
-29
-27
-25
-23
-21
-19
-20
-20
-19
-20
-24
-25
-26
-26
 chill °C
-33
-30
-46
-48
-48
-46
-43
-39
-36
-29
-29
-27
-24
-20
-38
-40
-44
-45
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-33-34-33-32-32-31-30-31-31-32-32-32-32-31-29-30-33-29-30-32-31-30-29-28-27-26-26-27-28-28-27-28-27-29-30-28-30-31-31-29-27-25-22-21-19-20-20-19-20-23-25-26-26-27-28-28-28-24-21-18-16-15-15-15-17-18-19-21-19-20-20
Sunrise
7:28
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 dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sat night, 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 -19°C on Sun morning, min -26°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, 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
-21°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (24 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
High: few
ASCATB186E65S
1641 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the NNW
(29 kph at 328).
- km
ASCATB184E65S
1646 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the NNE
(40 kph at 12).
- km
ASCATB185E65S
1657 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the NNW
(34 kph at 343).
- km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
52 minutes ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 230).
ASCATB189E65S
1665 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the NE
(34 kph at 39).
- km
ASCATC189E65S
1668 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NE
(30 kph at 41).
- km
ASCATC190E65S
1676 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the NE
(23 kph at 42).
- km
ASCATC187E65S
1679 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NW
(32 kph at 316).
- 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.