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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Mon 02 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Tue night, min -19°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu night. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -17°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Mon
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
400
300
550
1300
1100
8100
150
400
1850
1300
450
400
400
300
500
250
2000
km/h
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
10
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4
—
1
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—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-18
-18
-16
-15
-13
-13
-13
-13
-14
-14
-15
-15
-15
-15
-15
-16
-16
min °C
-18
-19
-17
-16
-14
-13
-13
-14
-15
-14
-16
-16
-15
-15
-15
-16
-17
 chill °C
-29
-30
-26
-24
-21
-13
-18
-23
-26
-25
-28
-27
-24
-25
-20
-27
-30
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-28-27-26-25-24-23-23-24-25-25-25-25-25-25-25-25-27-24-24-22-21-20-19-19-20-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-23-18-19-17-16-14-13-13-14-15-14-16-16-15-15-15-16-17-11-13-11-9-11-9-8-10-8-7-9-9-7-9-8-8-11
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: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Tue night, min -19°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu night. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -17°C on Sat night). Mainly strong 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
3 hours ago
-14°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-13°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 1 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Vostok
1253 km SW
3490m alt.
2 hours ago
-47°C
-
18
Light winds from the W
(18 kph at 260).
20 km
Mid: clear
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
9.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-14°C
-
33
Fresh winds from the SE
(33 kph at 140).
50 km
Mid: clear
1533 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (0 kph from 0 degs) was rejected.
29 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
WilkinsRunwayEast
2101 km WSW
755m alt.
2 hours ago
-9°C
-
33
Fresh winds from the ENE
(33 kph at 70).
Mid: overcast
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
2 hours ago
-7°C
heavy snow
Continuous heavy snow.
Wind obs. (19 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
0.3 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB239E68S
2494 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the WNW
(37 kph at 295).
- km
ASCATB240E68S
2509 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the NW
(36 kph at 312).
- 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.