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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Wed 28 Oct 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 -22°C on Wed night, min -27°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Sat night, min -23°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Mon night).

Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
clear
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
light snow
Cloud base (m)
1800
1000
200
200
1200
550
200
200
100
0
400
250
100
km/h
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
55
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
S
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
15
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
45
SW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
3
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
2
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-27
-25
-22
-22
-23
-24
-26
-26
-23
-21
-20
-19
-19
-19
-20
-22
-22
-22
min °C
-27
-26
-25
-22
-24
-25
-26
-26
-25
-23
-21
-20
-19
-19
-22
-22
-22
-23
 chill °C
-39
-39
-36
-35
-39
-39
-39
-36
-33
-28
-29
-26
-25
-19
-35
-35
-35
-39
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-30-28-26-28-29-30-30-27-26-24-24-23-23-25-27-27-27-27-26-24-22-24-25-26-26-24-22-21-20-19-19-21-22-22-23-21-19-17-15-18-20-21-21-20-18-16-15-15-14-15-16-15-16-15-14-14-11-11-14-13-14-16-13-11-14-11-10-12-9-8-10
Sunrise
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
12:00
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—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
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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 -22°C on Wed night, min -27°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Sat night, min -23°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Mon 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.

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
-18°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 1 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: scattered
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-15°C
clear
Clear
15
Light winds from the N.(Wind varies from 190 to 020 degs)
(15 kph at 350).
10.0 km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC115E62S
2543 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the W
(52 kph at 280).
- km
ASCATC114E62S
2551 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
54
Near gales from the W
(54 kph at 277).
- km
ASCATC115E61S
2560 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the W
(51 kph at 275).
- km
ASCATC114E61S
2585 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the W
(49 kph at 272).
- km
ASCATC113E61S
2602 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the W
(51 kph at 267).
- km
ASCATB111E62S
2607 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the W
(48 kph at 269).
- km
ASCATC112E62S
2611 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the W
(48 kph at 270).
- 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.