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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Tue 20 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Mon night, min -21°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Mon night, moderate winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Thu night, min -25°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
mod snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
mod. snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1200
450
1150
1350
1300
200
450
1400
1400
400
1300
km/h
70
S
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
45
S
45
SSW
35
S
35
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
7
1
—
—
—
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-19
-19
-20
-20
-20
-21
-20
-20
-20
-20
-22
-22
-23
-24
-24
-24
min °C
-19
-19
-20
-20
-21
-21
-21
-21
-20
-21
-22
-22
-23
-24
-24
-24
 chill °C
-35
-34
-35
-34
-36
-36
-36
-35
-32
-31
-31
-31
-33
-36
-37
-35
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-24-24-25-25-26-26-25-25-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-28-19-19-20-20-21-21-21-21-20-21-22-22-23-24-24-24-12-12-13-13-14-14-15-14-13-15-16-16-18-19-19-20-6-6-6-8-7-8-9-7-7-11-11-12-15-14-13-16
Sunrise
—
3:04
—
—
2:41
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
—
12:21
—
—
12:45
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Mon night, min -21°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Mon night, moderate winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Thu night, min -25°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

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
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
light snow
Snow grains.
Wind obs. (30 kph from 330 degs) was rejected.
1.2 km
ASCATC175E64S
1686 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the W
(33 kph at 266).
- km
ASCATC177E64S
1696 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the S
(23 kph at 180).
- km
ASCATC176E64S
1702 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
14
Light winds from the WSW
(14 kph at 249).
- km
ASCATC177E63S
1730 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the W
(35 kph at 263).
- km
ASCATC170E63S
1770 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
55
Near gales from the W
(55 kph at 268).
- km
ASCATB173E63S
1777 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the W
(53 kph at 263).
- km
ASCATB170E63S
1779 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the W
(54 kph at 273).
- km
ASCATB171E63S
1781 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
56
Near gales from the W
(56 kph at 269).
- km
ASCATC171E63S
1782 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the W
(57 kph at 268).
- 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.