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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

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

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Wed afternoon, min -27°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat afternoon, min -21°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SW by Fri night).

Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
clear
Cloud base (m)
550
400
500
550
250
600
1600
550
100
100
150
1250
1400
1300
km/h
10
S
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
40
SW
45
SW
35
SW
40
SW
25
SSW
10
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
4
2
1
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-26
-25
-23
-24
-26
-26
-24
-22
-21
-16
-16
-19
-16
-16
-16
-16
min °C
-27
-26
-24
-26
-26
-26
-26
-23
-22
-21
-17
-19
-18
-17
-16
-18
 chill °C
-36
-39
-36
-39
-40
-40
-40
-33
-32
-32
-30
-33
-31
-29
-26
-27
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-34-34-34-33-33-32-32-31-30-28-26-26-24-24-25-25-31-30-30-30-30-30-29-27-27-24-22-23-21-21-21-22-27-26-24-25-26-26-25-23-22-19-17-19-17-17-16-17-24-20-19-22-22-21-21-17-16-14-11-11-12-10-10-15
Sunrise
—
4:54
—
—
4:43
—
—
4:31
—
—
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
Sunset
—
—
—
10:45
—
—
10:57
—
—
11:07
—
—
11:20
—
—
11:32

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Wed afternoon, min -27°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat afternoon, min -21°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SW by Fri 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
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
39
Strong winds from the E
(39 kph at 100).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
59 minutes ago
-18°C
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
1297 km S
3012m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
2.0 km
High: broken
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
59 minutes ago
-10°C
-
93
Stormy winds from the SSE
(93 kph at 150).
1533 km S
2835m alt.
59 minutes ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
2.0 km
Mid: scattered
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
59 minutes ago
-
6
Light winds from the SW
(6 kph at 230).
ASCATC175E64S
1695 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the NNW
(39 kph at 343).
- km
ASCATC176E64S
1696 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the NNW
(38 kph at 336).
- km
ASCATB176E64S
1696 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the NNW
(40 kph at 332).
- km
ASCATB177E64S
1701 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the NNW
(44 kph at 329).
- 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.