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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Thu 08 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Wed night, min -21°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Sat night, min -29°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the SW by Tue afternoon).

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
150
100
100
100
1600
450
1150
1800
2800
4500
km/h
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NW
0
W
0
ENE
5
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
SE
5
NNW
5
NW
15
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-15
-17
-18
-17
-19
-20
-20
-21
-21
-21
-21
-21
-24
-27
-28
-27
min °C
-17
-18
-18
-18
-19
-20
-21
-21
-21
-22
-21
-22
-27
-28
-29
-29
 chill °C
-21
-18
-18
-18
-19
-25
-31
-32
-29
-22
-27
-22
-27
-35
-29
-37
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-21-20-20-22-24-25-26-27-26-25-26-26-28-31-33-37-19-19-19-20-22-23-24-24-24-23-23-24-27-30-32-33-16-18-18-18-19-20-21-21-21-22-21-22-26-28-29-28-16-15-15-18-15-15-17-18-18-22-19-19-25-24-25-27
Sunrise
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5:33
—
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5:22
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—
5:13
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—
5:03
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—
4:54
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Sunset
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—
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10:07
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10:16
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10:25
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10:36
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10:45

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Wed night, min -21°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Sat night, min -29°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the SW by Tue 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.
3 hours ago
-12°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
11
Light winds from the ENE
(11 kph at 70).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-8°C
-
41
Strong winds from the ESE
(41 kph at 110).
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB140E64S
1860 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
56
Near gales from the NW
(56 kph at 319).
- km
ASCATB139E64S
1874 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
55
Near gales from the NW
(55 kph at 319).
- km
ASCATB139E63S
1930 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
54
Near gales from the NW
(54 kph at 318).
- km
ASCATB135E64S
1942 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
54
Near gales from the NW
(54 kph at 317).
- km
ASCATB134E64S
1957 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
56
Near gales from the NW
(56 kph at 308).
- km
ASCATB138E63S
2000 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
55
Near gales from the NW
(55 kph at 321).
- km
ASCATB137E63S
2011 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
56
Near gales from the NW
(56 kph at 316).
- 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.