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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sat 07 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Fri night, min -25°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Tue night, min -25°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, gales from the SSW by Wed afternoon).

Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
clear
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
250
300
100
100
100
100
100
450
1150
1350
1400
1950
1400
450
500
400
km/h
5
W
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
W
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
S
20
SSW
35
S
65
S
55
SSW
50
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-21
-21
-21
-21
-22
-22
-23
-25
-25
-25
-25
-24
-23
-23
-24
-24
min °C
-21
-21
-21
-22
-22
-23
-24
-25
-25
-25
-25
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
 chill °C
-28
-21
-21
-26
-29
-28
-24
-25
-25
-25
-33
-36
-39
-42
-42
-42
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
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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
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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: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Fri night, min -25°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Tue night, min -25°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, gales from the SSW by Wed afternoon).

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
-12°C
light snow
Light snow.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: overcast
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-10°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 70 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered
hy2c180E65S
1624 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the N
(41 kph at 352).
- km
hy2c181E65S
1625 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the N
(42 kph at 358).
- km
hy2c182E65S
1643 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the N
(44 kph at 2).
- km
hy2c183E65S
1646 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the N
(46 kph at 8).
- km
hy2c181E64S
1657 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the N
(41 kph at 355).
- km
hy2c178E64S
1660 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the N
(40 kph at 355).
- km
hy2c184E65S
1664 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the N
(50 kph at 10).
- 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.