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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Mon 19 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon afternoon, min -26°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon night, moderate winds from the SSE by Wed afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Thu night, min -27°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Wed night, gales from the SSW by Sat morning).

Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
mod snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
300
350
1200
1150
1100
1600
1450
400
450
1250
1250
300
500
400
300
1150
km/h
65
SSW
75
S
75
S
80
S
40
SSW
40
S
55
S
55
S
25
SSE
30
SSW
40
S
40
SSE
45
S
40
SE
35
SSE
40
SSW
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
8
4
3
6
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—
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-24
-23
-22
-23
-24
-25
-25
-26
-25
-25
-25
-25
-24
-24
-24
-25
min °C
-25
-24
-23
-24
-25
-25
-26
-26
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-24
-25
-27
 chill °C
-43
-44
-41
-43
-41
-41
-44
-44
-38
-38
-41
-41
-42
-39
-40
-46
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
2:41
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—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
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Sunset
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12:02
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—
12:21
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—
12:45
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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 heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon afternoon, min -26°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon night, moderate winds from the SSE by Wed afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Thu night, min -27°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Wed night, gales from the SSW 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.
2 hours ago
-9°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
46
Strong winds from the S
(46 kph at 170).
2.0 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-21°C
-
6
Light winds from the ENE
(6 kph at 70).
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
hy2b196E63S
2010 km NE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the E
(27 kph at 82).
- km
hy2b203E64S
2022 km ENE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the S
(22 kph at 180).
- km
hy2b202E64S
2028 km ENE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the SSE
(24 kph at 160).
- km
hy2b198E63S
2040 km NE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the E
(26 kph at 95).
- km
hy2b197E63S
2056 km NE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the ENE
(24 kph at 75).
- km
hy2b204E64S
2072 km ENE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the S
(26 kph at 170).
- km
hy2b199E63S
2074 km NE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the ESE
(24 kph at 118).
- 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.