– Lat/Long: 78.37° S 165.02° E
Mount Discovery Weather Forecast
Transantarctic Mountains · AntarcticaIssued: 6 am Sun 18 Oct Local Time
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Issued: 6 am Sun 18 Oct Local Time
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4 Mount Discovery Elevations: 4 Forecast Elevations: Days 1–3 Weather SummaryA heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Sun night, min -22°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun morning, gales from the S by Mon morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryA light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Thu afternoon, min -24°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu night, gales from the SSW by Fri night). | |||||||||||||||||
Sunday 18 | Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | |||||||||||||
AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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cloudy | snow shwrs | mod. snow | snow shwrs | light snow | snow shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | snow shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light snow | |
Cloud base (m) | 450 | 350 | 350 | 300 | 550 | 300 | 1550 | 1350 | 1600 | 1500 | 250 | 400 | 1900 | 1050 | 1150 | 2950 | ||
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 cm | — | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | -22 | -20 | -19 | -19 | -19 | -19 | -20 | -21 | -21 | -21 | -22 | -20 | -20 | -18 | -18 | -20 | -22 | -22 |
min °C | -22 | -21 | -19 | -19 | -19 | -20 | -21 | -21 | -21 | -21 | -22 | -21 | -20 | -19 | -19 | -21 | -22 | -24 |
chill °C | -36 | -36 | -34 | -36 | -36 | -35 | -37 | -37 | -35 | -36 | -38 | -35 | -33 | -31 | -28 | -35 | -37 | -42 |
Freezing level m | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 | 12:00 | — | — | 3:24 | — | — | 3:04 | — | — | 2:41 | — | — | 12:00 | — | — | 12:00 | — | — |
 | 12:00 | — | — | 12:02 | — | — | 12:21 | — | — | 12:45 | — | — | 12:00 | — | — | 12:00 | — | — |
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):
The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Sun night, min -22°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun morning, gales from the S by Mon morning).
Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):
A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Thu afternoon, min -24°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu night, gales from the SSW by Fri 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.
| Weather Station | Temp. | Weather | Wind | Gusts | Cloud / Visibility |
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Williams Field |  | ||||
Dumont Durville | |||||
DomeA | |||||
ASCATB180E64S | |||||
ASCATB181E64S | |||||
ASCATB177E64S | |||||
ASCATB179E64S | |||||
ASCATB178E64S | |||||
ASCATB182E64S | |||||
ASCATB176E64S |
* 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.