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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Tue 29 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

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

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Sun afternoon, min -34°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sat morning, light winds from the WSW by Sun afternoon).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
4950
3100
4450
400
150
1150
1400
1650
1800
1600
1450
1700
100
km/h
20
SSE
35
S
20
S
5
S
10
SE
40
S
70
S
75
S
35
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
NNW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
1
3
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-34
-35
-33
-32
-31
-31
-33
-35
-34
-33
-33
-33
-32
-32
-30
-29
-29
min °C
-34
-35
-34
-33
-31
-31
-34
-36
-35
-34
-33
-33
-33
-33
-31
-30
-30
 chill °C
-49
-53
-48
-41
-38
-49
-58
-60
-53
-47
-43
-48
-47
-41
-43
-41
-43
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-34-35-34-33-31-31-34-36-35-34-33-33-33-33-31-30-30-32-32-30-29-27-26-30-32-30-29-29-30-30-30-28-26-27-29-27-25-24-22-19-26-26-24-23-24-25-26-26-23-22-25-26-24-22-21-19-15-18-20-19-19-22-20-20-25-22-21-25
Sunrise
—
—
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 afternoon. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Wed night, min -36°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed afternoon, severe gales from the S by Thu afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Sun afternoon, min -34°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sat morning, light winds from the WSW by Sun 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
-25°C
clear
Clear
11
Light winds from the N
(11 kph at 1).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-19°C
-
7
Light winds from the SSE
(7 kph at 150).
50 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATB188E65S
1717 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
65
Gales from the S
(65 kph at 186).
- km
ASCATB195E66S
1729 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
60
Near gales from the SSE
(60 kph at 164).
- km
ASCATC189E65S
1740 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
61
Near gales from the SSW
(61 kph at 196).
- km
ASCATB189E65S
1743 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the SSW
(58 kph at 193).
- km
ASCATB196E66S
1744 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the S
(53 kph at 171).
- km
ASCATC190E65S
1745 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the SSW
(58 kph at 197).
- km
ASCATC196E66S
1748 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
55
Near gales from the S
(55 kph at 173).
- km
ASCATB190E65S
1750 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the SSW
(54 kph at 192).
- 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.