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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Wed 28 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 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 Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed night, strong winds from the SW by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Sat night, min -18°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SW by Mon night).

Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
clear
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
light snow
Cloud base (m)
1800
1000
200
200
1200
550
200
200
100
0
400
250
100
km/h
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
W
5
S
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
30
SW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
3
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
2
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-20
-18
-16
-15
-16
-19
-20
-20
-19
-17
-15
-14
-14
-14
-14
-16
-15
-15
min °C
-21
-19
-18
-15
-19
-20
-21
-21
-20
-18
-16
-15
-15
-14
-16
-16
-15
-16
 chill °C
-30
-28
-26
-22
-32
-33
-34
-32
-30
-25
-21
-20
-15
-18
-27
-26
-24
-28
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-30-28-26-28-29-30-30-27-26-24-24-23-23-25-27-27-27-27-26-24-22-24-25-26-26-24-22-21-20-19-19-21-22-22-23-21-19-17-15-18-20-21-21-20-18-16-15-15-14-15-16-15-16-15-14-14-11-11-14-13-14-16-13-11-14-11-10-12-9-8-10
Sunrise
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
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 Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed night, strong winds from the SW by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Sat night, min -18°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SW by Mon 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-19°C
clear
-
13
Light winds from the NNW
(13 kph at 330).
10.0 km
Low: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-17°C
clear
Clear
15
Light winds from the NNW
(15 kph at 330).
10.0 km
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
1 hour ago
-15°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 90).
40 km
Mid: few
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 360 degs) was rejected.
3.0 km
High: scattered
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-11°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, below eye level.
52
Near gales from the SSE
(52 kph at 150).
50 km
Mid: few
1533 km S
2835m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 350 degs) was rejected.
3.0 km
Mid: scattered
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC155E63S
1739 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the SSW
(49 kph at 203).
- km
ASCATB152E63S
1741 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the SW
(53 kph at 215).
- km
ASCATB154E63S
1742 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
63
Gales from the SW
(63 kph at 219).
- 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.