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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sun 01 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue afternoon, min -27°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Tue night, min -27°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the S by Fri afternoon).

Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
200
0
100
1200
550
450
600
200
6400
150
100
2150
1900
1100
km/h
10
N
10
NE
10
NNE
15
SSE
15
SE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
S
25
S
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Snowflake cm
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—
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 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-25
-25
-25
-27
-27
-26
-25
-24
-23
-23
-23
-24
-26
-26
-27
min °C
-25
-25
-25
-27
-27
-27
-27
-26
-25
-24
-23
-23
-25
-26
-26
-27
 chill °C
-32
-34
-32
-39
-37
-34
-36
-33
-30
-24
-23
-28
-30
-34
-35
-38
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
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12:00
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Sunset
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue afternoon, min -27°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Tue night, min -27°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the S by Fri afternoon).

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
-15°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
11
Light winds from the NNW
(11 kph at 330).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Vostok
1253 km SW
3490m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
20 km
Mid: few
Amundsen-Scott Airport
1297 km S
507m alt.
3 hours ago
light snow
Snow grains.
11
Light winds from the W
(11 kph at 280).
6.0 km
High: scattered
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-12°C
-
50
Strong winds from the SE
(50 kph at 140).
1533 km S
2835m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 280 degs) was rejected.
26 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB180E65S
1622 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the SW
(37 kph at 223).
- km
ASCATB181E65S
1631 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the SW
(39 kph at 218).
- km
ASCATB183E65S
1653 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the SW
(48 kph at 222).
- km
ASCATC183E65S
1658 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the SW
(45 kph at 220).
- km
ASCATB184E65S
1662 km NNE
15m alt.
4 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the SW
(49 kph at 224).
- 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.