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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Wed 11 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -29°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Wed morning, strong winds from the S by Thu morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Mon afternoon, min -28°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Sat night, strong winds from the SSW by Sun night).

Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
1300
350
300
250
100
450
600
1850
1950
1950
550
500
1650
2000
1450
km/h
65
S
75
S
85
S
70
S
50
S
55
S
60
S
65
S
55
S
60
S
60
S
80
S
70
S
70
S
75
S
65
S
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Snowflake cm
2
3
5
5
1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-27
-27
-27
-27
-26
-26
-26
-27
-28
-28
-28
-28
-26
-27
-26
-26
min °C
-29
-27
-27
-27
-26
-26
-27
-28
-28
-28
-28
-28
-28
-27
-27
-26
 chill °C
-49
-48
-48
-48
-44
-44
-47
-47
-47
-47
-47
-50
-50
-47
-47
-46
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-28-27-27-27-26-26-27-28-28-28-28-28-27-27-27-26-23-22-23-23-22-21-22-23-23-24-24-24-23-23-22-21-16-15-16-17-15-15-15-16-16-17-17-17-16-15-14-13-9-7-8-11-8-7-8-8-9-11-9-9-9-7-7-8
Sunrise
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12:00
—
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12:00
—
—
12:00
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—
12:00
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12:00
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Sunset
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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 moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -29°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Wed morning, strong winds from the S by Thu morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Mon afternoon, min -28°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Sat night, strong winds from the SSW by Sun 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-14°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
19
Light winds from the E.(Wind varies from 050 to 160 degs)
(19 kph at 100).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-13°C
-
63
Gales from the SSE
(63 kph at 150).
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-57°C
-
7
Light winds from the S
(7 kph at 170).
hy2b196E64S
1902 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the W
(45 kph at 262).
- km
ASCATB136E64S
1921 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
20
Moderate winds from the ESE
(20 kph at 103).
- km
ASCATB139E63S
1932 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NE
(32 kph at 49).
- km
ASCATB135E64S
1943 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the ESE
(22 kph at 103).
- km
hy2b197E64S
1949 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the W
(46 kph at 260).
- km
ASCATB134E64S
1958 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the ESE
(21 kph at 107).
- km
hy2b202E65S
1961 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the W
(22 kph at 275).
- 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.