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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Thu 12 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -17°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly near gales.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Tue morning, min -16°C on Mon afternoon). Mainly gales.

Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
heavy snow
snow showers
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
heavy snow
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
100
1100
1250
2050
1650
2000
1900
2050
1650
1700
1700
300
250
450
500
50
50
km/h
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
35
SW
70
SSW
50
SSW
30
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
40
S
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Snowflake cm
1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5
4
7
3
11
19
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-15
-14
-14
-15
-17
-16
-16
-16
-15
-15
-13
-9
-12
-14
-10
-8
-8
-8
min °C
-15
-15
-16
-16
-17
-17
-16
-16
-15
-15
-14
-12
-14
-16
-13
-9
-8
-9
 chill °C
-27
-26
-29
-30
-31
-31
-30
-28
-28
-27
-26
-26
-27
-30
-23
-21
-19
-19
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-27-27-28-28-29-29-28-28-28-27-25-25-24-22-21-20-21-22-22-23-24-24-24-24-24-23-23-22-20-20-20-18-16-15-15-15-15-15-16-17-17-16-16-15-15-14-11-13-15-12-9-8-9-9-7-9-8-9-10-9-8-9-8-6-6-6-8-5-2-1-2
Sunrise
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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12:00
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Sunset
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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12:00
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -17°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly near gales.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Tue morning, min -16°C on Mon afternoon). Mainly gales.

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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
11
Light winds from the NW
(11 kph at 310).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
High: scattered
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-10°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
6
Light winds from the SSW
(6 kph at 200).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mcmurdo Williams
73 km NE
22m alt.
2 hours ago
-10°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
6
Light winds from the SSW
(6 kph at 210).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
1297 km S
3012m alt.
52 minutes ago
clear
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 50 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
ASCATC167E63S
1668 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
14
Light winds from the WNW
(14 kph at 286).
- km
ASCATC168E63S
1679 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
9
Light winds from the NW
(9 kph at 324).
- km
ASCATC166E63S
1701 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the W
(21 kph at 266).
- km
ASCATC165E63S
1708 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the WSW
(27 kph at 258).
- km
ASCATB164E63S
1724 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the WSW
(37 kph at 258).
- km
ASCATC164E63S
1725 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WSW
(35 kph at 252).
- 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.