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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Fri 16 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sun night, min -24°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, gales from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Mon afternoon, min -22°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Tue night, moderate winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
4750
250
1300
550
150
400
150
250
250
1150
1150
1150
1500
1200
450
1250
1400
km/h
5
E
10
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSE
20
S
40
SSW
40
S
55
SSW
45
S
50
S
60
S
65
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
50
S
30
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
6
2
3
5
—
—
2
1
1
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-23
-22
-21
-22
-22
-22
-21
-21
-20
-19
-18
-18
-19
-21
-21
-21
-21
-19
min °C
-24
-22
-22
-22
-22
-23
-22
-21
-21
-20
-19
-19
-20
-21
-22
-21
-21
-21
 chill °C
-29
-30
-36
-34
-33
-37
-37
-37
-37
-36
-35
-34
-34
-36
-40
-37
-37
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-26-26-26-26-27-27-26-25-23-22-23-25-26-26-25-25-25-24-22-22-22-22-23-22-21-21-20-19-19-20-21-22-21-21-20-20-18-17-16-16-17-15-14-15-15-14-12-14-14-15-15-15-14-18-14-12-9-10-12-8-7-9-7-6-7-8-7-9-8-7-10
Sunrise
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
2:41
—
—
Sunset
—
—
11:32
—
—
11:46
12:00
—
—
12:02
—
—
12:21
—
—
12:45
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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 Sun night. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Sun night, min -24°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, gales from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Mon afternoon, min -22°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Tue night, moderate winds from the SSW by Wed 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
-24°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
9
Light winds from the W
(9 kph at 280).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-22°C
clear
Clear
9
Light winds from the N
(9 kph at 1).
10.0 km
ASCATB250E70S
2539 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the NE
(41 kph at 47).
- km
ASCATB252E70S
2567 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the NE
(46 kph at 43).
- km
ASCATB251E70S
2571 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the NE
(43 kph at 41).
- km
ASCATB253E70S
2600 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the NE
(50 kph at 40).
- km
ASCATC95E66S
2601 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the ESE
(52 kph at 104).
- km
ASCATC94E66S
2609 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the ESE
(50 kph at 104).
- km
ASCATC95E65S
2620 km WSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the ESE
(59 kph at 108).
- km
ASCATB254E70S
2634 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
53
Near gales from the NE
(53 kph at 42).
- 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.