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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Fri 16 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sun afternoon, min -28°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri morning, near gales from the S by Sun morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Mon afternoon, min -21°C on Tue afternoon). Mainly gales.

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
cloud
light snow
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
light snow
Cloud base (m)
150
4600
250
350
600
500
100
1150
250
1100
250
1100
300
400
1350
1300
km/h
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SW
30
SSW
30
S
15
SSE
40
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
S
55
S
65
S
60
SSW
60
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
3
4
2
9
1
—
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-23
-22
-21
-22
-22
-22
-22
-20
-20
-19
-18
-18
-19
-21
-21
min °C
-28
-24
-22
-22
-22
-22
-23
-22
-21
-20
-19
-18
-19
-20
-21
-21
 chill °C
-37
-31
-32
-36
-35
-32
-38
-38
-37
-35
-34
-34
-35
-35
-37
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-30-27-26-26-26-26-26-27-25-24-23-23-24-25-26-26-27-24-22-22-22-22-23-22-21-20-19-18-19-20-21-21-23-19-17-17-16-16-17-15-15-15-14-13-13-13-14-14-22-17-13-12-9-9-12-8-8-9-7-5-6-6-7-9
Sunrise
—
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
Sunset
—
—
—
11:32
—
—
11:46
12:00
—
—
12:02
—
—
12:21
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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 -20°C on Sun afternoon, min -28°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri morning, near gales from the S by Sun morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Mon afternoon, min -21°C on Tue afternoon). 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-31°C
clear
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-22°C
clear
-
7
Light winds from the NNW
(7 kph at 340).
10.0 km
Low: few
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-18°C
-
19
Light winds from the S
(19 kph at 180).
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB131E64S
2009 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the SE
(33 kph at 144).
- km
ASCATB131E63S
2021 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the SE
(34 kph at 144).
- km
ASCATB130E64S
2034 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the SE
(31 kph at 145).
- km
ASCATB129E64S
2047 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the SSE
(30 kph at 152).
- km
ASCATB128E64S
2066 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the SSE
(32 kph at 154).
- km
ASCATB127E64S
2090 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the SSE
(39 kph at 154).
- 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.