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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Sun 11 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sun morning, min -31°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Thu night, min -29°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed morning, stormy winds from the S by Fri morning).

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
500
1150
450
500
1300
600
1400
350
150
500
1300
450
500
1200
km/h
5
W
5
NW
5
SSE
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
S
40
S
75
S
65
S
60
S
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-27
-29
-30
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-28
-26
-23
-18
-18
-20
-20
min °C
-26
-28
-31
-30
-29
-29
-30
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-27
-25
-22
-19
-20
-21
 chill °C
-31
-34
-31
-42
-42
-42
-44
-43
-42
-40
-41
-42
-40
-38
-36
-37
-37
-38
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-28-30-33-33-33-33-32-31-32-32-32-32-31-28-23-23-24-25-26-28-30-30-29-29-30-29-29-29-29-29-27-24-20-19-20-21-23-25-27-26-24-25-26-26-26-25-25-24-22-19-15-14-14-14-20-20-25-21-19-22-22-21-21-19-18-19-15-13-10-7-7-8
Sunrise
5:03
—
—
4:54
—
—
4:43
—
—
4:31
—
—
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
Sunset
—
—
10:36
—
—
10:45
—
—
10:57
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—
11:07
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—
11:20
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—
11:32

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sun morning, min -31°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Thu night, min -29°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed morning, stormy winds from the S by Fri 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-20°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-10°C
-
122
Extremely windy from the SSE
(122 kph at 150).
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
9
Light winds from the SW
(9 kph at 230).
ASCATC188E64S
1794 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the SW
(42 kph at 233).
- km
ASCATC189E64S
1813 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the WSW
(40 kph at 243).
- km
ASCATC191E64S
1839 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the SW
(49 kph at 230).
- km
ASCATC189E63S
1841 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the WSW
(36 kph at 253).
- km
ASCATC190E64S
1849 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the WSW
(41 kph at 247).
- km
ASCATC190E63S
1866 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the W
(37 kph at 260).
- km
ASCATC199E65S
1870 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the SW
(50 kph at 235).
- 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.