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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 am Sat 19 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat morning. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Sun night, min -24°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the SW by Mon afternoon).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue night, min -30°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Tue morning, calm by Wed night).

Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
1100
1400
1450
1600
1700
1000
1050
400
1700
1800
1800
4900
150
1600
1100
1350
km/h
65
SSW
70
SW
60
SW
50
SW
40
SW
25
SW
15
SW
15
SW
35
SW
55
SSW
60
SSW
35
SW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
SSE
25
SSW
50
SSW
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Snowflake cm
2
2
3
 mm
max °C
-23
-22
-19
-19
-19
-18
-18
-18
-18
-24
-25
-21
-21
-23
-25
-29
-30
-28
min °C
-24
-23
-21
-19
-19
-18
-18
-18
-23
-24
-25
-23
-22
-24
-28
-30
-30
-30
 chill °C
-43
-42
-38
-34
-33
-30
-27
-26
-40
-41
-43
-39
-30
-34
-33
-42
-44
-47
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-29-28-28-29-30-30-30-30-31-30-31-31-30-29-31-35-36-35-26-25-25-25-25-25-25-26-26-27-28-28-26-26-29-32-33-32-24-23-20-19-19-18-18-18-21-24-25-22-22-24-27-30-30-29-16-16-14-13-13-14-14-14-16-19-19-20-20-22-26-26-26-25
Sunrise
7:13
7:05
6:56
6:50
6:41
6:33
Sunset
6:37
6:45
6:52
6:59
7:07
7:14

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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 Sat morning. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Sun night, min -24°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the SW by Mon afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue night, min -30°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Tue morning, calm by Wed 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
-17°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
Wind obs. (107 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
High: broken
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
57 minutes ago
-21°C
-
13
Light winds from the E
(13 kph at 100).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
hy2c185E65S
1625 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the SW
(48 kph at 228).
- km
hy2c182E65S
1642 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the SSW
(36 kph at 212).
- km
hy2c186E65S
1647 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the SW
(48 kph at 235).
- km
hy2c184E65S
1649 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the SW
(45 kph at 225).
- km
hy2c182E64S
1657 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the SW
(35 kph at 215).
- km
hy2c183E65S
1660 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the SW
(45 kph at 222).
- km
hy2c180E64S
1673 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the SW
(26 kph at 215).
- km
hy2c183E64S
1675 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the SW
(41 kph at 228).
- 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.