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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Wed 14 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Fri night, min -25°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Mon night, min -16°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Sat afternoon, gales from the SSW by Mon morning).

Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
1650
1150
350
100
150
500
300
600
550
450
1300
1450
350
1150
450
1200
450
km/h
5
SSE
5
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
60
SSW
65
SSW
55
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
4
8
4
2
5
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-24
-21
-20
-21
-20
-19
-17
-16
-16
-15
-15
-14
-14
-13
-13
-13
-12
min °C
-25
-24
-23
-21
-21
-21
-19
-18
-17
-16
-15
-16
-15
-15
-14
-13
-14
-13
 chill °C
-25
-30
-33
-30
-33
-31
-30
-30
-30
-28
-23
-26
-28
-29
-28
-27
-29
-27
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-31-31-30-30-29-27-25-25-26-26-26-26-24-23-23-23-24-28-28-27-26-27-25-24-22-22-22-22-22-22-20-19-19-19-19-25-24-22-21-21-21-19-18-17-16-15-16-15-15-14-13-14-13-21-19-18-15-15-17-13-11-11-10-9-12-8-7-7-6-6-7
Sunrise
4:31
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—
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
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—
Sunset
—
—
11:07
—
—
11:20
—
—
11:32
—
—
11:46
12:00
—
—
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 -16°C on Fri night, min -25°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Mon night, min -16°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Sat afternoon, gales from the SSW by Mon morning).

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.
2 hours ago
-26°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
13
Light winds from the E
(13 kph at 100).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
High: overcast
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-24°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
22
Moderate winds from the E.(Wind varies from 070 to 130 degs)
(22 kph at 100).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
43 minutes ago
-12°C
-
20
Moderate winds from the WNW
(20 kph at 300).
50 km
Mid: scattered
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
WilkinsRunwayEast
2101 km WSW
755m alt.
43 minutes ago
-14°C
-
39
Strong winds from the NE
(39 kph at 50).
1.0 km
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
43 minutes ago
-8°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, below eye level.
65
Gales from the ENE
(65 kph at 70).
45 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATB114E62S
2554 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the NNW
(48 kph at 346).
- km
ASCATB113E62S
2569 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the NNW
(41 kph at 348).
- km
ASCATB114E61S
2576 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the NNW
(35 kph at 341).
- km
ASCATB112E62S
2586 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the N
(43 kph at 349).
- 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.