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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Wed 30 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -31°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, gales from the SSW by Thu afternoon).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Mon night, min -32°C on Sat afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
light snow
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
300
100
1350
1650
200
2200
1250
50
300
7950
km/h
15
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
35
SSW
65
SSW
55
SSW
25
SSW
10
WNW
10
N
5
N
10
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
Weather map
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Weather map
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
2
3
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-30
-28
-27
-26
-29
-30
-28
-27
-28
-31
-31
-30
-28
-27
-27
-27
-26
-25
min °C
-31
-29
-28
-27
-30
-31
-30
-28
-30
-31
-32
-31
-29
-27
-27
-27
-27
-26
 chill °C
-42
-35
-33
-45
-51
-52
-44
-38
-40
-31
-45
-45
-42
-37
-33
-33
-32
-26
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-35-33-31-32-33-34-33-31-33-34-35-35-33-31-30-29-29-29-31-29-28-27-30-31-29-28-29-31-32-31-29-27-27-27-27-26-26-24-22-20-26-26-23-23-26-26-27-26-23-22-24-25-23-21-22-21-20-15-18-19-19-20-24-23-21-23-21-21-25-23-22-22
Sunrise
6:41
—
—
6:33
—
—
6:24
—
—
6:16
—
—
6:07
—
—
6:00
—
—
Sunset
—
9:01
—
—
9:09
—
—
9:17
—
—
9:25
—
—
9:34
—
—
9:42
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -31°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, gales from the SSW by Thu afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Mon night, min -32°C on Sat afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

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
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 290 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-25°C
clear
Clear
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-24°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 70).
40 km
Mid: few
ASCATB183E64S
1678 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the SSW
(41 kph at 214).
- km
ASCATB182E64S
1678 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the SW
(40 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATB184E64S
1691 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the SW
(44 kph at 227).
- km
ASCATC186E64S
1694 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the SSW
(57 kph at 209).
- km
ASCATC185E64S
1694 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the SSW
(53 kph at 210).
- km
ASCATB186E64S
1708 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the SW
(59 kph at 223).
- km
ASCATB185E64S
1718 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
64
Gales from the SSW
(64 kph at 213).
- 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.