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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Sat 14 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun night, min -29°C on Sat morning). Mainly severe gales.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Tue night, min -24°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SSW on Wed night, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
snow showers
mod snow
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
mod. snow
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
1950
1950
1450
1900
2100
2100
1850
350
200
500
1850
1600
300
100
100
450
400
km/h
50
S
65
S
55
S
65
SSE
70
S
50
S
75
S
75
S
55
S
40
SSE
45
S
65
SSW
55
S
60
S
70
S
75
S
50
SSE
35
S
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
10
6
—
—
—
2
7
12
10
5
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-28
-28
-27
-27
-26
-23
-23
-23
-24
-22
-21
-20
-20
-20
-20
-22
-22
-21
min °C
-29
-29
-28
-28
-27
-26
-23
-25
-26
-24
-21
-21
-20
-20
-22
-22
-22
-22
 chill °C
-50
-50
-47
-48
-47
-43
-42
-45
-46
-40
-36
-39
-36
-36
-42
-41
-38
-37
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-29-29-28-28-27-25-23-24-25-23-21-21-20-20-21-22-22-22-24-24-23-22-21-19-19-20-21-19-16-15-15-15-16-18-18-17-16-15-15-14-13-11-12-13-16-13-8-8-9-8-9-11-11-10-8-8-9-7-5-6-6-6-9-5-1-1-2-1-2-3-4-5
Sunrise
12:00
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—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
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Sunset
12:00
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—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
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 Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun night, min -29°C on Sat morning). Mainly severe gales.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Tue night, min -24°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SSW on Wed night, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Discovery at the specific elevation of 2681 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
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
37
Fresh winds from the SSW
(37 kph at 200).
9.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
High: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-11°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
28
Moderate winds from the E
(28 kph at 100).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-7°C
-
39
Strong winds from the SE
(39 kph at 130).
40 km
Mid: few
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
20
Moderate winds from the SE
(20 kph at 140).
ASCATC127E64S
2020 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the W
(39 kph at 260).
- km
ASCATC126E64S
2034 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the W
(42 kph at 263).
- km
ASCATC125E64S
2054 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the W
(35 kph at 260).
- km
ASCATC124E64S
2088 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the W
(38 kph at 270).
- km
ASCATB124E64S
2092 km W
15m alt.
4 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the W
(37 kph at 269).
- km
ASCATC128E63S
2093 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the SW
(26 kph at 232).
- 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.