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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 pm Mon 21 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Mon night, min -29°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SW on Tue morning, calm by Wed afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun afternoon, min -30°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
300
2000
1950
5000
4150
1400
1300
1500
km/h
25
SW
70
SW
65
SSW
30
SW
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
S
20
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
2
 mm
max °C
-18
-26
-26
-23
-25
-27
-28
-28
-28
-28
-28
-28
-28
-29
-30
-29
min °C
-24
-27
-27
-26
-26
-28
-29
-29
-28
-28
-28
-28
-28
-29
-30
-29
 chill °C
-42
-47
-46
-43
-35
-28
-35
-42
-41
-43
-43
-44
-42
-41
-42
-42
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-32-33-32-29-30-32-33-34-34-34-34-34-32-33-35-27-30-31-29-26-27-29-31-31-32-31-31-31-30-31-32-21-27-27-25-26-28-29-29-28-28-28-28-28-29-30-29-17-21-21-22-24-25-29-26-26-25-23-22-26-28-29-29
Sunrise
6:50
6:41
6:33
6:26
6:18
Sunset
6:59
7:07
7:14
7:21
7:29

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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 -18°C on Mon night, min -29°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SW on Tue morning, calm by Wed afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun afternoon, min -30°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

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
-17°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
Wind obs. (63 kph from 170 degs) was rejected.
4.6 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-27°C
-
7
Light winds from the SSE
(7 kph at 160).
ASCATB132E63S
2022 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the WSW
(54 kph at 241).
- km
ASCATC134E63S
2040 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the WSW
(54 kph at 254).
- km
ASCATC133E63S
2079 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
56
Near gales from the W
(56 kph at 266).
- km
ASCATB131E63S
2094 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the W
(57 kph at 264).
- km
ASCATC132E63S
2096 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
56
Near gales from the W
(56 kph at 265).
- km
ASCATC131E63S
2118 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
51
Near gales from the WSW
(51 kph at 258).
- km
ASCATC133E62S
2123 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the W
(57 kph at 268).
- km
ASCATC130E63S
2133 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the W
(49 kph at 264).
- 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.