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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Mon 16 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue afternoon, min -22°C on Mon night). Mainly severe gales.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed night. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Wed night, min -19°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Wed night, calm by Fri night).

Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
heavy snow
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloudy
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
heavy snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
light snow
some clouds
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1650
300
150
400
300
200
150
200
100
100
450
200
100
150
100
km/h
45
S
65
SSW
75
S
50
S
55
S
75
SSW
75
SSW
50
S
50
S
55
S
50
S
45
S
35
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
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Snowflake cm
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1
11
5
4
9
17
5
5
20
6
5
3
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 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-18
-19
-20
-18
-16
-15
-15
-16
-16
-16
-17
-19
-18
-18
-17
-17
min °C
-20
-19
-21
-22
-17
-15
-16
-17
-16
-17
-18
-19
-19
-18
-17
-18
 chill °C
-35
-35
-39
-40
-32
-31
-31
-31
-30
-32
-32
-34
-32
-28
-24
-18
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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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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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue afternoon, min -22°C on Mon night). Mainly severe gales.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed night. Extremely cold (max -16°C on Wed night, min -19°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Wed night, calm by Fri 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
Williams Field
71 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-5°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
6
Light winds from the S
(6 kph at 170).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Mcmurdo Williams
73 km NE
22m alt.
2 hours ago
-6°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (17 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
SANTA FECITOLA
732 km NW
205m alt.
34 minutes ago
-
Wind obs. (4 kph from 228 degs) was rejected.
Dumont Durville
1519 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-14°C
-
43
Strong winds from the S
(43 kph at 170).
SHIP5074
1568 km WNW
15m alt.
5 hours ago
-1°C
22
Moderate winds from the SE
(22 kph at 130).
- km
ASCATC144E63S
1846 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the WSW
(31 kph at 248).
- km
ASCATC143E63S
1925 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the WNW
(24 kph at 290).
- km
ASCATC143E62S
1937 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the WNW
(23 kph at 294).
- km
ASCATC135E64S
1939 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
7
Light winds from the NW
(7 kph at 326).
- km
ASCATB135E64S
1941 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
14
Light winds from the NNW
(14 kph at 326).
- 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.