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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Mon 16 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during 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 Wed night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Wed night, min -12°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Wed night, calm by Fri afternoon).

Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
heavy snow
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloudy
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
heavy snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1650
300
150
400
300
200
150
200
100
100
450
200
100
150
100
km/h
40
SW
50
SW
55
S
45
SSW
40
SSW
65
SSW
60
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
1
11
5
4
7
15
5
5
19
6
5
3
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—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-9
-11
-12
-12
-9
-8
-8
-10
-9
-9
-10
-12
-12
-12
-10
-11
min °C
-13
-12
-14
-17
-10
-8
-9
-10
-9
-9
-12
-12
-12
-12
-11
-12
 chill °C
-25
-26
-28
-32
-21
-20
-21
-21
-20
-19
-23
-23
-21
-17
-11
-18
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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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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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during 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 Wed night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Wed night, min -12°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Wed night, calm by Fri afternoon).

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
-5°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (24 kph from 160 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Mcmurdo Williams
73 km NE
22m alt.
1 hour ago
-6°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (17 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-14°C
-
43
Strong winds from the S
(43 kph at 170).
ASCATB135E64S
1941 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
14
Light winds from the NNW
(14 kph at 326).
- km
ASCATB134E64S
1957 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
3
Calm
(3 kph at 336).
- km
ASCATB133E64S
1973 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
1
Calm
(1 kph at 164).
- km
ASCATB139E63S
1984 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the NNW
(29 kph at 335).
- km
ASCATB132E64S
1991 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
7
Light winds from the S
(7 kph at 173).
- km
ASCATB138E63S
1995 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the NNE
(21 kph at 13).
- km
ASCATB139E62S
2001 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the NNE
(21 kph at 18).
- 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.