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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 5 pm Sun 13 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Sun afternoon, min -33°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Tue afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Sat morning, min -36°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, strong winds from the SE by Sat morning).

Sun
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
snow showers
light snow
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light snow
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
1250
950
400
150
100
200
100
400
1450
1550
1800
1850
1550
1550
1400
km/h
80
S
65
SSW
55
SW
50
SSW
40
SW
15
W
10
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
30
ESE
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Snowflake cm
4
8
2
3
2
 mm
max °C
-22
-24
-27
-27
-26
-26
-27
-28
-32
-33
-33
-33
-34
-35
-35
-34
-31
min °C
-22
-27
-27
-27
-27
-26
-28
-31
-33
-33
-34
-34
-34
-36
-36
-34
-34
 chill °C
-41
-47
-46
-45
-46
-37
-36
-48
-48
-45
-44
-43
-44
-36
-46
-44
-49
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-22-26-27-27-27-26-28-30-33-33-34-34-34-36-36-34-33-18-21-22-22-23-23-25-28-30-30-30-31-31-33-33-32-31-14-14-15-15-18-20-22-25-27-26-27-28-30-31-31-31-30-8-8-9-9-14-18-20-22-22-25-26-27-28-30-29-29-27
Sunrise
7:52
7:45
7:37
7:28
7:20
Sunset
5:53
6:00
6:08
6:15
6:22
6:30

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Sun afternoon, min -33°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Tue afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Sat morning, min -36°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, strong winds from the SE by Sat morning).

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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-9°C
light snow
Light snow.
20
Moderate winds from the NNE.(Wind varies from 310 to 060 degs)
(20 kph at 30).
2.1 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
4 hours ago
-13°C
-
50
Strong winds from the SE
(50 kph at 140).
28 km
Mid: overcast
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
hy2c178E64S
1671 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the SW
(28 kph at 235).
- km
hy2c182E64S
1672 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the SW
(44 kph at 218).
- km
hy2c179E64S
1678 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the SW
(26 kph at 235).
- km
hy2c184E64S
1695 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the SW
(42 kph at 220).
- km
hy2c180E64S
1704 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the SW
(28 kph at 222).
- km
hy2c183E64S
1717 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the SW
(43 kph at 222).
- km
hy2c181E64S
1721 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the SW
(35 kph at 220).
- 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.