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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 13 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu night, min -30°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Fri morning, min -23°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Fri morning, calm by Sat morning).

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
350
600
350
1300
550
250
1550
350
300
1150
1600
1650
600
300
250
450
450
450
km/h
25
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
45
S
45
SSW
25
SSE
0
NE
10
NW
5
N
10
N
10
N
5
SE
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-29
-29
-28
-28
-28
-25
-24
-24
-21
-20
-20
-20
-20
-20
-21
-23
-23
-22
min °C
-30
-29
-29
-28
-28
-27
-24
-24
-24
-21
-20
-20
-20
-21
-22
-23
-23
-22
 chill °C
-44
-44
-43
-38
-39
-38
-35
-36
-36
-36
-35
-34
-20
-28
-26
-31
-31
-22
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-32-31-31-31-31-30-28-28-26-24-24-24-23-23-24-26-25-25-30-29-29-28-28-26-24-24-23-21-20-20-20-21-22-23-23-22-26-26-26-24-24-21-19-20-18-15-14-14-15-17-19-19-19-18-22-21-22-19-17-17-14-14-13-9-8-10-11-13-17-15-16-16
Sunrise
4:43
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—
4:31
—
—
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
3:55
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—
12:00
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Sunset
—
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10:57
—
—
11:07
—
—
11:20
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—
11:32
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—
11:46
12:00
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu night, min -30°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed morning, fresh 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 morning, min -23°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Fri morning, calm by Sat morning).

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
-26°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
26
Moderate winds from the E
(26 kph at 90).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-23°C
clear
Clear
28
Moderate winds from the E
(28 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-15°C
-
30
Fresh winds from the ESE
(30 kph at 110).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATC180E65S
1614 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
76
Severe gales from the WNW
(76 kph at 288).
- km
ASCATB179E64S
1614 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
76
Severe gales from the WNW
(76 kph at 286).
- km
ASCATC181E65S
1627 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
78
Severe gales from the WNW
(78 kph at 286).
- km
ASCATC179E64S
1627 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
75
Severe gales from the WNW
(75 kph at 284).
- km
ASCATC180E64S
1627 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
78
Severe gales from the WNW
(78 kph at 286).
- km
ASCATB178E64S
1627 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
70
Gales from the WNW
(70 kph at 283).
- km
ASCATB177E64S
1629 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
67
Gales from the W
(67 kph at 277).
- 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.