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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Tue 03 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Tue night, min -24°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed morning, strong winds from the SSW by Thu afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu night. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Fri night, min -23°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Thu night, calm by Sun afternoon).

Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
350
600
1350
450
1900
150
1550
1800
1200
400
400
400
350
350
200
500
km/h
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
35
SW
40
SW
45
SSW
35
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
30
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
4
1
—
1
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-23
-22
-21
-19
-19
-19
-19
-21
-21
-21
-21
-21
-20
-21
-21
-21
min °C
-24
-22
-21
-20
-19
-19
-20
-21
-21
-22
-21
-21
-21
-21
-21
-23
 chill °C
-35
-32
-30
-29
-25
-25
-31
-35
-36
-37
-35
-33
-31
-26
-29
-35
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-26-25-24-23-23-24-26-25-26-25-25-25-25-25-26-24-22-21-20-19-19-20-21-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-22-19-17-16-15-13-13-14-14-14-16-16-14-15-15-16-17-14-11-9-12-9-8-10-8-7-9-8-7-9-8-10-12
Sunrise
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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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Sunset
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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 dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -19°C on Tue night, min -24°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed morning, strong winds from the SSW by Thu afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu night. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Fri night, min -23°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Thu night, calm by Sun afternoon).

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
-16°C
clear
Fog freezing -.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
0.4 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Amundsen-Scott Airport
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (6 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.
8.0 km
Mid: few
High: scattered
1533 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (6 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.
28 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATC179E65S
1618 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the S
(42 kph at 174).
- km
ASCATC180E65S
1621 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the S
(42 kph at 173).
- km
ASCATC180E64S
1628 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the S
(39 kph at 180).
- km
ASCATC179E64S
1674 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the S
(41 kph at 184).
- km
ASCATC176E64S
1691 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the SSW
(43 kph at 192).
- km
ASCATC175E64S
1691 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the SSW
(51 kph at 192).
- km
ASCATC177E64S
1701 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the S
(40 kph at 187).
- 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.