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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Sat 03 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Tue morning, min -26°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Mon morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Tue night, min -21°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue night, calm by Thu night).

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1950
450
450
100
50
100
500
350
350
250
500
550
600
1250
km/h
35
SSW
15
SW
10
W
5
WNW
10
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
NE
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
1
2
3
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-20
-19
-17
-16
-19
-20
-18
-14
-11
-10
-11
-12
-14
-17
-18
-20
min °C
-26
-25
-19
-18
-18
-19
-20
-21
-15
-13
-11
-12
-12
-17
-18
-19
-21
 chill °C
-42
-37
-26
-23
-31
-33
-34
-34
-26
-23
-21
-22
-22
-22
-23
-23
-21
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-34-33-31-29-28-27-29-28-23-23-22-22-21-21-22-22-24-31-29-26-25-24-24-25-24-20-19-18-17-17-19-20-20-22-26-23-19-18-17-19-20-20-15-12-11-12-12-16-18-19-21-21-22-18-17-15-13-13-17-10-8-7-6-9-14-14-15-20
Sunrise
—
—
6:07
—
—
6:00
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:41
—
—
5:33
—
—
Sunset
9:25
—
—
9:34
—
—
9:42
—
—
9:50
—
—
9:59
—
—
—
10:07

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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 Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Tue morning, min -26°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Mon morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Tue night, min -21°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue night, calm by Thu 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.
3 hours ago
-19°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
4 hours ago
-22°C
-
7
Light winds from the N
(7 kph at 350).
40 km
Mid: few
1297 km S
3012m alt.
4 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (28 kph from 130 degs) was rejected.
3.0 km
Mid: few
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
4 hours ago
-11°C
Clouds dissolving.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 250).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
1533 km S
2835m alt.
4 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (26 kph from 130 degs) was rejected.
3.0 km
Mid: few
ASCATB206E66S
1936 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the WSW
(38 kph at 252).
- km
ASCATB207E66S
1952 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the WSW
(40 kph at 253).
- km
ASCATB206E65S
2046 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the WSW
(45 kph at 237).
- km
ASCATB207E65S
2066 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the SW
(47 kph at 233).
- km
ASCATB208E65S
2086 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WSW
(35 kph at 244).
- 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.