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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 29 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Wed night, min -36°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed afternoon, gales from the S by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Sun night, min -34°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Fri morning, calm by Fri night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
5000
3800
3250
1800
200
200
1350
1850
1850
200
600
500
100
km/h
20
S
30
S
35
S
25
S
15
S
15
SSE
30
S
60
SSW
65
S
35
S
20
SW
10
NNW
5
ESE
20
SSE
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-35
-35
-35
-33
-32
-31
-31
-31
-32
-32
-31
-31
-32
-32
-32
-32
-31
-30
min °C
-36
-36
-36
-34
-32
-31
-31
-32
-35
-34
-31
-33
-33
-33
-33
-32
-31
-30
 chill °C
-51
-54
-55
-50
-44
-43
-46
-53
-57
-52
-44
-33
-41
-47
-50
-46
-44
-42
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-36-36-36-34-32-31-31-32-34-33-31-32-33-33-33-32-31-30-33-32-32-30-28-27-27-28-31-29-27-29-29-29-29-28-28-27-30-28-26-25-23-21-20-24-26-24-23-25-25-25-24-24-23-22-26-24-24-21-20-18-15-17-20-18-20-23-21-21-23-21-21-23
Sunrise
6:50
—
—
6:41
—
—
6:33
—
—
6:24
—
—
6:16
—
—
6:07
—
—
Sunset
—
8:54
—
—
9:01
—
—
9:09
—
—
9:17
—
—
9:25
—
—
9:34
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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 Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Wed night, min -36°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed afternoon, gales from the S by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Sun night, min -34°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Fri morning, calm by Fri 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
-30°C
clear
-
24
Moderate winds from the S
(24 kph at 170).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-26°C
clear
Clear
15
Light winds from the ESE
(15 kph at 110).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
41 minutes ago
-23°C
-
9
Light winds from the WSW
(9 kph at 240).
50 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATB183E65S
1630 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
61
Near gales from the SSW
(61 kph at 197).
- km
ASCATC183E65S
1636 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
68
Gales from the SSW
(68 kph at 198).
- km
ASCATB182E65S
1642 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
63
Gales from the SSW
(63 kph at 194).
- km
ASCATC182E65S
1645 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
67
Gales from the SSW
(67 kph at 199).
- km
ASCATC182E64S
1655 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
66
Gales from the SSW
(66 kph at 195).
- km
ASCATB184E65S
1658 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
64
Gales from the SSW
(64 kph at 199).
- km
ASCATB183E64S
1661 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the S
(57 kph at 191).
- 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.