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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Wed 04 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Wed afternoon, min -15°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat afternoon, min -19°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
snow showers
light snow
light snow
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
450
1250
350
450
1650
1950
500
200
450
450
150
400
100
100
1300
1350
4900
km/h
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SW
45
SSW
45
SW
35
SW
25
SW
15
SW
5
S
0
S
5
S
10
N
5
N
5
S
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
2
2
1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-13
-13
-14
-14
-13
-14
-15
-15
-15
-15
-15
-16
-17
-18
-19
-19
-19
min °C
-13
-15
-14
-14
-14
-14
-15
-15
-15
-15
-16
-17
-17
-18
-19
-19
-19
 chill °C
-21
-28
-26
-27
-27
-26
-25
-24
-15
-15
-20
-23
-22
-18
-23
-19
-24
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
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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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Sunset
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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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 Wed night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Wed afternoon, min -15°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat afternoon, min -19°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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-8°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-9°C
-
30
Fresh winds from the ESE
(30 kph at 120).
50 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB200E65S
1907 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
58
Near gales from the SSW
(58 kph at 213).
- km
ASCATB201E65S
1942 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
60
Near gales from the SSW
(60 kph at 210).
- km
ASCATB196E64S
1960 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the SW
(50 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATB202E65S
1966 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the SSW
(62 kph at 201).
- km
ASCATB197E64S
1976 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
53
Near gales from the SW
(53 kph at 223).
- km
ASCATB203E65S
1985 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
64
Gales from the SSW
(64 kph at 201).
- km
ASCATB198E64S
1989 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
55
Near gales from the SW
(55 kph at 222).
- km
ASCATB204E65S
1992 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
63
Gales from the SSW
(63 kph at 202).
- 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.