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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sun 15 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Tue afternoon, min -17°C on Mon night). Mainly gales.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Fri afternoon, min -12°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
cloud
cloud
snow showers
light snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1450
1750
2000
1400
200
300
550
500
250
100
250
250
400
300
1250
km/h
35
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
55
SSW
40
S
50
SSW
45
SW
50
SW
55
SSW
40
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
3
10
5
—
—
24
5
5
4
8
4
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 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-14
-14
-13
-10
-12
-12
-13
-10
-8
-8
-9
-8
-8
-12
-10
-7
min °C
-15
-15
-13
-12
-12
-14
-17
-11
-8
-9
-9
-8
-10
-12
-11
-9
 chill °C
-26
-28
-25
-23
-25
-27
-32
-23
-19
-21
-20
-20
-23
-25
-22
-19
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-28-28-26-24-24-25-25-22-21-21-21-20-21-23-22-21-23-23-21-19-19-20-21-17-16-16-16-16-16-18-18-16-15-15-13-11-12-13-15-11-8-9-9-8-9-12-11-8-9-8-6-6-5-5-8-4-1-3-2-1-2-5-4-2
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
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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 moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Tue afternoon, min -17°C on Mon night). Mainly gales.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Fri afternoon, min -12°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW 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
71 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-11°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 150 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
417 km N
29m alt.
3 hours ago
-9°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 190).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
SANTA FECITOLA
732 km NW
205m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 342 degs) was rejected.
1292 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 50 degs) was rejected.
6.0 km
Mid: scattered
High: broken
1294 km S
2835m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (20 kph from 50 degs) was rejected.
26 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
SHIP72
1604 km WNW
-m alt.
1 hour ago
-8°C
-
29
Fresh winds from the SSE
(29 kph at 160).
SHIP323
1613 km WNW
-m alt.
2 hours ago
-8°C
-
32
Fresh winds from the S
(32 kph at 170).
hy2c180E65S
1613 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the NE
(41 kph at 40).
- km
SHIP1451
1613 km WNW
-m alt.
2 hours ago
-8°C
-
32
Fresh winds from the S
(32 kph at 170).
SHIP4511
1626 km WNW
3m alt.
3 hours ago
-9°C
36
Fresh winds from the SSE
(36 kph at 160).

* 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.