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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Mon 12 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Wed night, min -30°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Fri afternoon, min -25°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
550
350
500
600
600
1600
1450
550
300
200
450
500
1200
1950
1850
1700
1800
km/h
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
S
25
S
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-30
-29
-29
-29
-29
-28
-28
-27
-25
-24
-25
-22
-20
-19
-19
-21
-22
-22
min °C
-30
-30
-30
-29
-29
-29
-28
-28
-27
-24
-25
-24
-21
-20
-20
-21
-22
-23
 chill °C
-42
-43
-44
-43
-44
-43
-40
-40
-39
-36
-37
-36
-35
-34
-34
-33
-33
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-34-34-33-32-32-32-31-31-30-28-28-26-24-23-24-25-26-27-30-30-30-29-29-29-28-28-26-24-25-23-21-20-20-21-22-23-26-24-25-26-26-25-24-23-21-19-20-19-16-15-15-16-16-17-20-19-22-22-22-22-18-17-17-14-15-14-10-9-11-12-12-14
Sunrise
4:54
—
—
4:43
—
—
4:31
—
—
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
Sunset
—
—
10:45
—
—
10:57
—
—
11:07
—
—
11:20
—
—
11:32
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—
11:46

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Wed night, min -30°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Fri afternoon, min -25°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

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
-30°C
clear
-
9
Light winds from the ESE
(9 kph at 120).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
High: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-22°C
clear
Clear
17
Light winds from the ENE
(17 kph at 60).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-9°C
-
22
Moderate winds from the ENE
(22 kph at 70).
50 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATC176E64S
1658 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
63
Gales from the WNW
(63 kph at 292).
- km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC177E64S
1660 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
66
Gales from the WNW
(66 kph at 289).
- km
ASCATC180E64S
1669 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
55
Near gales from the WNW
(55 kph at 288).
- km
ASCATC175E64S
1669 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
64
Gales from the WNW
(64 kph at 292).
- km
ASCATB176E64S
1671 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
71
Gales from the WNW
(71 kph at 290).
- km
ASCATB177E64S
1672 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
70
Gales from the WNW
(70 kph at 288).
- 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.