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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Tue 03 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Tue night, min -22°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Tue night, strong winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Fri night, min -24°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Fri morning, calm by Sun night).

Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1250
300
1950
500
1250
1550
450
200
350
200
100
300
200
1150
1400
1200
350
km/h
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
20
SSE
45
SW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
5
WSW
5
SW
15
S
5
SSE
10
NW
10
NW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
3
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-21
-20
-19
-19
-19
-20
-20
-20
-20
-21
-21
-20
-21
-21
-21
-23
-23
-23
min °C
-22
-21
-20
-19
-19
-21
-21
-20
-21
-21
-21
-21
-21
-21
-23
-23
-23
-24
 chill °C
-31
-29
-28
-26
-27
-36
-36
-34
-37
-36
-34
-34
-25
-27
-31
-23
-30
-24
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-26-25-24-23-24-25-25-24-25-25-25-25-25-25-26-27-28-28-22-21-20-19-19-21-21-20-21-21-21-21-21-21-22-23-23-24-17-16-14-13-13-14-14-15-15-15-15-14-15-16-17-17-17-18-11-9-11-9-8-9-7-7-9-8-7-9-9-10-13-10-11-13
Sunrise
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
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Sunset
12:00
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—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
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: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Tue night, min -22°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Tue night, strong winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Fri night, min -24°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Fri morning, calm by Sun 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-9°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (6 kph from 210 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-13°C
clear
Clear
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Mcmurdo Williams
73 km NE
22m alt.
2 hours ago
-14°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: scattered
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
High: scattered
ASCATC143E64S
1815 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the E
(35 kph at 88).
- km
ASCATC146E63S
1832 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the WNW
(31 kph at 283).
- km
ASCATC143E63S
1832 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the E
(36 kph at 88).
- km
ASCATC144E63S
1845 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the E
(35 kph at 85).
- km
ASCATB143E63S
1851 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the E
(37 kph at 93).
- km
ASCATC145E63S
1861 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the E
(22 kph at 84).
- 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.