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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Wed 11 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu morning, min -24°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Wed morning, strong winds from the SSW by Thu morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Mon afternoon, min -24°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun night).

Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
1300
350
300
250
100
450
600
1850
1950
1950
550
500
1650
2000
1450
km/h
55
S
70
SSW
70
SSW
60
S
45
SSW
50
S
55
SSW
55
S
45
S
55
S
55
S
65
S
65
S
60
S
65
S
55
S
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Weather map
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
2
3
5
5
1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-22
-22
-23
-22
-21
-21
-21
-22
-23
-23
-23
-23
-22
-22
-21
-20
min °C
-24
-22
-23
-23
-22
-21
-23
-23
-23
-24
-24
-24
-24
-23
-22
-21
 chill °C
-41
-40
-42
-41
-38
-37
-40
-39
-39
-42
-43
-43
-43
-40
-40
-38
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-28-27-27-27-26-26-27-28-28-28-28-28-27-27-27-26-23-22-23-23-22-21-22-23-23-24-24-24-23-23-22-21-16-15-16-17-15-15-15-16-16-17-17-17-16-15-14-13-9-7-8-11-8-7-8-8-9-11-9-9-9-7-7-8
Sunrise
—
12:00
—
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12:00
—
—
12:00
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—
12:00
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12:00
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Sunset
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu morning, min -24°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Wed morning, strong winds from the SSW by Thu morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Mon afternoon, min -24°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-9°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
22
Moderate winds from the E
(22 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-10°C
-
24
Moderate winds from the SE
(24 kph at 130).
1533 km S
2835m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 50 degs) was rejected.
31 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATB180E65S
1624 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the NW
(34 kph at 311).
- km
ASCATB181E65S
1632 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the WNW
(34 kph at 304).
- km
ASCATC181E65S
1635 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the WNW
(41 kph at 292).
- km
ASCATB182E65S
1641 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WNW
(35 kph at 303).
- km
ASCATC182E65S
1648 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the WNW
(41 kph at 285).
- km
ASCATB183E65S
1650 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WNW
(35 kph at 298).
- 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.