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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Mon 05 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Tue morning, min -19°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Mon morning, calm by Wed night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Thu morning, min -23°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
950
350
100
1450
550
250
300
600
100
100
100
100
100
200
250
1100
1550
500
km/h
55
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
10
SW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
0
W
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Snowflake cm
2
2
3
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—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-18
-14
-12
-10
-10
-10
-13
-13
-13
-16
-16
-16
-18
-20
-21
-23
-23
-22
min °C
-19
-15
-13
-10
-10
-12
-13
-13
-15
-16
-16
-17
-19
-21
-23
-23
-23
-23
 chill °C
-35
-27
-24
-21
-20
-22
-23
-18
-19
-22
-21
-17
-27
-31
-35
-34
-32
-23
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
6:00
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:41
—
—
5:33
—
—
5:22
—
—
5:13
—
—
Sunset
—
9:42
—
—
9:50
—
—
9:59
—
—
—
10:07
—
—
10:16
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—
10:25

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Tue morning, min -19°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Mon morning, calm by Wed night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Thu morning, min -23°C on Fri night). 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-17°C
clear
Haze -.
30
Fresh winds from the E
(30 kph at 80).
1.3 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
47 minutes ago
-14°C
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 220 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: scattered
1297 km S
3012m alt.
57 minutes ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (26 kph from 350 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
47 minutes ago
-11°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, above eye level.
44
Strong winds from the SE
(44 kph at 130).
2.0 km
Mid: overcast
1533 km S
2835m alt.
47 minutes ago
-
Wind obs. (26 kph from 350 degs) was rejected.
0.8 km
Mid: sky obscured
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
47 minutes ago
-
Wind obs. (6 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC171E63S
1780 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
66
Gales from the WNW
(66 kph at 291).
- km
ASCATC171E62S
1792 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
65
Gales from the WNW
(65 kph at 291).
- km
ASCATC170E62S
1794 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
65
Gales from the WNW
(65 kph at 292).
- km
ASCATC169E62S
1795 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
66
Gales from the WNW
(66 kph at 290).
- 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.