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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 am Thu 24 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Sat night, min -32°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sat morning, light winds from the SSE by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Tue night, min -31°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Mon night, severe gales from the SSW by Tue night).

Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
Cloud base (m)
1700
1550
1450
1400
1950
1900
1550
1500
1200
350
1100
1750
1750
2000
2050
1250
km/h
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
10
S
10
SE
20
ESE
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSE
40
S
75
S
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Snowflake cm
2
 mm
max °C
-30
-30
-30
-31
-31
-30
-30
-29
-28
-29
-30
-30
-30
-31
-30
-31
-31
-27
min °C
-30
-30
-30
-31
-32
-32
-30
-29
-29
-29
-30
-30
-31
-31
-31
-31
-31
-30
 chill °C
-42
-42
-44
-46
-46
-45
-46
-44
-39
-39
-43
-41
-47
-47
-43
-44
-49
-52
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-33-33-34-35-35-35-34-33-33-33-34-34-35-35-35-35-35-33-30-30-30-31-32-31-30-29-29-29-30-30-31-31-31-31-31-29-28-26-26-27-28-27-25-24-25-25-25-25-25-24-24-25-24-22-26-21-22-22-25-25-20-21-22-21-20-22-22-21-24-23-20-17
Sunrise
6:33
6:26
6:18
7:09
6:01
5:54
Sunset
7:14
7:21
7:29
8:36
7:43
7:51

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Sat night, min -32°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sat morning, light winds from the SSE by Sat night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Tue night, min -31°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Mon night, severe gales from the SSW by Tue 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
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-20°C
light snow
Light snow.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
2.8 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-18°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
50
Strong winds from the E
(50 kph at 100).
0.2 km
Mid: overcast
hy2c180E65S
1616 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the W
(58 kph at 275).
- km
hy2c180E64S
1633 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the W
(58 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c185E65S
1638 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the W
(47 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c189E65S
1641 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the W
(46 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c184E65S
1653 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the W
(48 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c183E65S
1654 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the W
(50 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c179E64S
1655 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the W
(59 kph at 270).
- km
hy2c181E64S
1660 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
56
Near gales from the W
(56 kph at 272).
- 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.