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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Mon 19 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Mon night, min -15°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Wed afternoon).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Thu morning, min -18°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sat morning, light winds from the SW by Sat night).

Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
light snow
mod snow
cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
cloudy
some clouds
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
400
1250
450
1450
1500
400
400
1100
1400
1800
550
550
1600
1300
1950
1700
1350
km/h
60
SSW
60
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
25
SSW
50
SSW
40
SSW
25
SSW
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Snowflake cm
4
3
7
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-14
-13
-12
-13
-13
-13
-14
-14
-14
-13
-14
-15
-15
-15
-16
-18
-18
-15
min °C
-14
-14
-13
-13
-13
-14
-14
-15
-15
-14
-14
-15
-15
-16
-17
-18
-18
-17
 chill °C
-28
-28
-26
-24
-23
-26
-26
-25
-24
-24
-23
-26
-24
-25
-28
-33
-32
-29
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-23-23-24-25-25-26-26-25-25-26-25-25-26-26-27-27-27-26-19-18-19-20-20-21-21-21-21-21-20-21-21-21-23-24-23-21-14-14-13-13-13-14-14-15-15-14-14-15-15-16-17-18-18-16-7-6-7-7-7-9-7-8-11-7-9-10-8-10-12-11-12-13
Sunrise
3:24
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—
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 night. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Mon night, min -15°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Wed afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Thu morning, min -18°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sat morning, light winds from the SW by Sat 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.
2 hours ago
-10°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
69
Gales from the SSE
(69 kph at 160).
9.0 km
Low: few
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-19°C
-
6
Light winds from the NNE
(6 kph at 30).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATB176E64S
1655 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
78
Severe gales from the W
(78 kph at 260).
- km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-63°C
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB178E64S
1661 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
69
Gales from the W
(69 kph at 263).
- km
ASCATC181E64S
1663 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the W
(59 kph at 264).
- km
ASCATB177E64S
1665 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
74
Gales from the W
(74 kph at 264).
- km
ASCATB179E64S
1666 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
67
Gales from the W
(67 kph at 264).
- km
ASCATB180E64S
1666 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
60
Near gales from the W
(60 kph at 262).
- km
ASCATB181E64S
1673 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the W
(58 kph at 265).
- 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.