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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

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

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu morning, min -24°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Wed night, strong winds from the S by Thu morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Tue afternoon, min -23°C on Sat night). Mainly gales.

Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light snow
mod snow
light snow
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
Cloud base (m)
450
100
1150
450
2050
1800
1950
1700
1850
1950
1750
350
400
km/h
55
S
45
S
45
S
55
S
60
S
65
S
55
S
60
SSW
45
SSW
60
S
60
SSW
45
S
40
SSW
60
SSW
55
S
45
SSE
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Snowflake cm
2
1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
7
5
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-22
-21
-22
-21
-23
-24
-23
-24
-23
-22
-22
-21
-19
-19
-19
-16
min °C
-23
-22
-22
-23
-24
-24
-24
-24
-23
-23
-22
-22
-20
-19
-20
-18
 chill °C
-41
-38
-38
-40
-42
-42
-42
-42
-39
-40
-39
-37
-34
-35
-36
-33
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-26-27-27-29-29-28-29-28-28-27-27-25-24-24-22-23-22-22-22-24-24-24-24-23-23-22-22-20-19-20-17-17-15-15-15-16-17-17-17-15-15-15-14-11-12-14-11-12-9-7-9-8-9-11-9-7-10-8-7-8-5-7-5
Sunrise
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
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Sunset
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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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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 morning, min -24°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Wed night, strong winds from the S by Thu morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Tue afternoon, min -23°C on Sat night). Mainly gales.

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
-18°C
light snow
Light snow.
31
Fresh winds from the ESE
(31 kph at 110).
4.5 km
Mid: broken
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 40 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
ASCATC168E64S
1661 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the ENE
(43 kph at 57).
- km
ASCATC169E64S
1661 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the NE
(41 kph at 36).
- km
ASCATC171E64S
1664 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NNE
(30 kph at 28).
- km
ASCATC170E64S
1664 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the NE
(33 kph at 41).
- km
ASCATB185E65S
1680 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the ESE
(36 kph at 106).
- km
ASCATB186E65S
1689 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the ESE
(35 kph at 112).
- km
ASCATB167E63S
1698 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the NNE
(38 kph at 21).
- km
ASCATB187E65S
1700 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the E
(32 kph at 100).
- 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.