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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Wed 04 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed night. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Wed afternoon, min -25°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Wed night, light winds from the W by Sat morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat afternoon, min -29°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
450
1250
350
450
1650
1950
500
200
450
450
150
400
100
100
1300
1350
4900
km/h
15
SSE
60
S
50
S
45
S
50
S
45
S
35
SSW
15
SW
5
W
5
W
0
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
S
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Snowflake cm
—
2
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-27
-28
-28
min °C
-24
-25
-25
-24
-25
-24
-24
-24
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-27
-27
-28
-29
 chill °C
-34
-43
-42
-40
-42
-40
-38
-36
-31
-31
-25
-34
-34
-32
-27
-28
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
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—
12:00
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—
12:00
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12:00
—
—
12:00
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12:00
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Sunset
12:00
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12:00
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—
12:00
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12:00
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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 light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed night. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Wed afternoon, min -25°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Wed night, light winds from the W by Sat morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat afternoon, min -29°C on Mon night). 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.
3 hours ago
-9°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (6 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
ASCATB200E65S
1897 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
58
Near gales from the SSW
(58 kph at 211).
- km
ASCATB201E65S
1945 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
61
Near gales from the SSW
(61 kph at 208).
- km
ASCATB202E65S
1959 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the SSW
(62 kph at 205).
- km
ASCATB203E65S
1967 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the SSW
(62 kph at 203).
- km
ASCATB197E64S
1971 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the SW
(52 kph at 224).
- km
ASCATB199E64S
1997 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
59
Near gales from the SW
(59 kph at 216).
- km
ASCATB204E65S
1997 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the SSW
(62 kph at 202).
- km
ASCATB205E65S
2012 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
61
Near gales from the SSW
(61 kph at 202).
- km
ASCATB200E64S
2022 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
63
Gales from the SW
(63 kph at 214).
- 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.