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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Mon 05 Oct 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 Tue afternoon, min -26°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Mon night, light winds from the WSW by Wed afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu afternoon, min -26°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
mod snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
snow showers
snow showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
400
1200
350
250
1450
1200
400
300
200
100
100
100
100
1350
300
500
km/h
55
SSW
55
SSE
55
SSE
50
SSE
65
SSW
50
SSW
35
SSW
15
S
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
10
NNW
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
7
2
2
1
1
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-26
-25
-24
-23
-23
-22
-22
-22
-22
-22
-22
-21
-21
-23
-24
-25
min °C
-26
-26
-25
-24
-24
-22
-22
-22
-22
-22
-22
-21
-22
-24
-24
-25
 chill °C
-42
-44
-43
-43
-42
-38
-37
-32
-29
-28
-29
-28
-31
-37
-36
-35
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-26-26-25-24-24-22-22-22-22-22-22-21-22-24-24-25-22-23-21-19-19-17-18-18-18-19-19-19-20-21-22-23-18-19-15-12-11-9-11-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-12-12-9-6-5-4-7-7-10-13-13-14-16-14-16-19
Sunrise
—
6:00
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:41
—
—
5:33
—
—
5:22
—
—
Sunset
—
—
9:42
—
—
9:50
—
—
9:59
—
—
—
10:07
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—
10:16

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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 Tue afternoon, min -26°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Mon night, light winds from the WSW by Wed afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu afternoon, min -26°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

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
-13°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
28
Moderate winds from the N.(Wind varies from 330 to 100 degs)
(28 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
-
7
Light winds from the S
(7 kph at 170).
40 km
Mid: clear
Amundsen-Scott Airport
1297 km S
507m alt.
2 hours ago
light snow
Snow grains.
26
Moderate winds from the WNW
(26 kph at 300).
1.6 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-12°C
-
65
Gales from the SE
(65 kph at 140).
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
3 hours ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 230).
ASCATB171E63S
1773 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the NW
(62 kph at 304).
- km
ASCATB172E63S
1782 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
60
Near gales from the WNW
(60 kph at 301).
- km
ASCATB173E63S
1788 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
60
Near gales from the WNW
(60 kph at 298).
- km
ASCATB173E62S
1797 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
59
Near gales from the WNW
(59 kph at 297).
- km
ASCATB172E62S
1862 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
54
Near gales from the NW
(54 kph at 304).
- 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.