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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Mon 19 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Mon night, min -15°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon afternoon, moderate winds from the SSW by Wed morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Thu afternoon, min -20°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
mod snow
light snow
cloud
snow showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
cloudy
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
Cloud base (m)
1200
1100
500
1700
1500
400
300
350
1600
1650
1300
1850
1850
1950
2200
2100
2100
km/h
60
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
5
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
4
7
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-13
-11
-13
-13
-12
-13
-14
-14
-13
-13
-13
-15
-16
-16
-18
-18
-18
min °C
-14
-12
-13
-13
-14
-13
-14
-15
-14
-13
-15
-15
-16
-18
-18
-18
-19
 chill °C
-28
-25
-25
-24
-26
-24
-25
-25
-24
-21
-21
-20
-16
-28
-28
-27
-24
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-22-24-24-25-26-25-25-25-25-25-25-26-26-26-26-26-26-18-19-20-20-21-20-21-21-20-20-21-21-22-22-23-23-23-14-12-13-13-13-13-14-15-14-13-14-15-16-17-18-18-19-6-6-6-6-9-7-8-9-8-8-10-11-11-14-14-14-17
Sunrise
—
—
3:04
—
—
2:41
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
12:02
—
12:21
—
—
12:45
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
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. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Mon night, min -15°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon afternoon, moderate winds from the SSW by Wed morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Thu afternoon, min -20°C on Sun 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
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-15°C
-
6
Light winds from the ESE
(6 kph at 110).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB188E64S
1833 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
67
Gales from the W
(67 kph at 262).
- km
ASCATB189E64S
1837 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
65
Gales from the W
(65 kph at 265).
- km
ASCATB190E64S
1861 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the W
(51 kph at 280).
- km
ASCATB191E64S
1866 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the W
(51 kph at 279).
- km
ASCATB192E64S
1894 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the W
(46 kph at 280).
- km
ASCATB188E63S
1939 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
73
Gales from the WSW
(73 kph at 255).
- km
ASCATB189E63S
1948 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
69
Gales from the W
(69 kph at 262).
- km
ASCATB190E63S
1966 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
65
Gales from the W
(65 kph at 262).
- 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.