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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Thu 29 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

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

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Sun night, min -17°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
some clouds
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1700
1050
200
300
1350
650
200
3900
50
100
100
150
50
450
450
350
km/h
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NW
0
E
0
W
5
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
10
WSW
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Snowflake cm
—
3
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-16
-15
-17
-20
-21
-20
-18
-16
-15
-15
-15
-15
-14
-17
-17
-16
min °C
-17
-15
-19
-21
-21
-21
-20
-17
-15
-15
-15
-15
-16
-17
-17
-17
 chill °C
-25
-22
-32
-36
-35
-32
-30
-22
-19
-19
-15
-15
-26
-28
-27
-26
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-28-26-27-29-30-29-27-25-25-25-25-25-26-27-27-27-23-21-24-25-26-26-23-22-21-21-21-21-22-23-23-23-17-15-18-21-21-21-19-17-15-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-14-11-11-14-14-14-16-12-11-14-11-11-13-11-10-13
Sunrise
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12:00
—
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12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
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Sunset
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12:00
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—
12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Thu morning, min -21°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Thu night, calm by Sat afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Sun night, min -17°C on Mon morning). 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-15°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (26 kph from 340 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
light snow
Snow grains.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
0.6 km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (17 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC178E64S
1671 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the N
(32 kph at 2).
- km
ASCATC175E64S
1691 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the NW
(21 kph at 322).
- km
ASCATC176E64S
1692 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the NW
(22 kph at 324).
- km
ASCATC177E64S
1703 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the N
(31 kph at 351).
- km
ASCATC177E63S
1721 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NNW
(30 kph at 345).
- km
ASCATB172E63S
1776 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
16
Light winds from the E
(16 kph at 84).
- km
ASCATC170E63S
1777 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
16
Light winds from the E
(16 kph at 98).
- 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.