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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 29 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -33°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, gales from the SSW by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Sun night, min -30°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Fri morning, calm by Sun night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
5000
3800
3250
1800
200
200
1350
1850
1850
200
600
500
100
km/h
20
S
25
S
35
S
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
25
SSW
60
SW
65
SSW
35
SSW
10
WSW
10
N
5
ESE
20
S
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
W
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-32
-32
-31
-29
-28
-27
-26
-27
-30
-28
-27
-28
-29
-29
-29
-28
-27
-26
min °C
-33
-32
-32
-30
-28
-27
-27
-29
-31
-30
-27
-29
-29
-29
-29
-28
-28
-27
 chill °C
-47
-48
-49
-45
-39
-38
-41
-49
-52
-46
-36
-36
-36
-42
-42
-39
-38
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-36-36-36-34-32-31-31-32-34-33-31-32-33-33-33-32-31-30-33-32-32-30-28-27-27-28-31-29-27-29-29-29-29-28-28-27-30-28-26-25-23-21-20-24-26-24-23-25-25-25-24-24-23-22-26-24-24-21-20-18-15-17-20-18-20-23-21-21-23-21-21-23
Sunrise
6:50
—
—
6:41
—
—
6:33
—
—
6:24
—
—
6:16
—
—
6:07
—
—
Sunset
—
8:54
—
—
9:01
—
—
9:09
—
—
9:17
—
—
9:25
—
—
9:34
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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 Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -33°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, gales from the SSW by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Sun night, min -30°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Fri morning, calm by Sun night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Discovery at the specific elevation of 2000 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
-33°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (24 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-28°C
clear
Clear
22
Moderate winds from the E
(22 kph at 80).
10.0 km
ASCATC228E67S
2275 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
64
Gales from the NE
(64 kph at 34).
- km
ASCATC229E67S
2285 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
51
Near gales from the NNE
(51 kph at 25).
- km
ASCATC230E67S
2293 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the NNE
(47 kph at 31).
- km
ASCATC227E67S
2298 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
65
Gales from the NNE
(65 kph at 30).
- km
ASCATC231E67S
2302 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the NE
(49 kph at 34).
- km
ASCATC227E66S
2314 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
69
Gales from the NE
(69 kph at 37).
- km
ASCATC232E68S
2323 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the NE
(42 kph at 39).
- km
ASCATC232E67S
2324 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the NE
(39 kph at 40).
- 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.