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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 5 pm Fri 18 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri night. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat night, min -30°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Fri night, light winds from the SW by Mon morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Wed morning, min -30°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Tue night, light winds from the NW by Wed afternoon).

Fri
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
1150
500
1000
1400
1500
1750
1800
1450
1050
1400
400
150
1350
1150
1450
100
km/h
50
S
80
S
60
S
60
S
50
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
45
SSW
55
S
75
S
25
SSW
10
NW
25
NNW
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Snowflake cm
4
2
2
3
1
3
 mm
max °C
-30
-27
-26
-26
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-27
-28
-25
-25
-25
min °C
-30
-30
-26
-26
-26
-25
-26
-25
-25
-26
-27
-26
-28
-29
-27
-25
-28
 chill °C
-49
-52
-45
-45
-44
-41
-42
-39
-35
-36
-43
-43
-48
-50
-41
-33
-43
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
7:13
7:05
6:56
6:50
6:41
Sunset
6:30
6:37
6:45
6:52
6:59
7:07

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri night. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat night, min -30°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Fri night, light winds from the SW by Mon morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Wed morning, min -30°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Tue night, light winds from the NW 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-23°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
Wind obs. (59 kph from 190 degs) was rejected.
2.0 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-25°C
-
11
Light winds from the SE
(11 kph at 130).
40 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATB181E65S
1629 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the S
(49 kph at 176).
- km
ASCATB189E66S
1630 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
15
Light winds from the SSE
(15 kph at 148).
- km
ASCATC182E65S
1646 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the S
(40 kph at 190).
- km
ASCATB182E65S
1647 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the S
(40 kph at 187).
- km
ASCATB183E65S
1652 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the S
(40 kph at 187).
- km
ASCATB190E65S
1654 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
8
Light winds from the SE
(8 kph at 125).
- km
ASCATC183E65S
1656 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the S
(42 kph at 187).
- km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.

* 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.