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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sun 08 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat night, min -30°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Tue afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -29°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the S on Wed afternoon, moderate winds from the S by Thu morning).

Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
100
150
100
100
1250
550
1350
1550
1900
1500
450
550
300
100
200
1500
km/h
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NE
5
E
10
SE
15
SSE
25
S
75
S
70
S
75
SSW
65
S
30
SSE
30
S
50
SSE
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
2
2
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—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-26
-26
-26
-28
-29
-29
-29
-28
-28
-28
-28
-27
-26
-26
-26
min °C
-26
-26
-26
-28
-29
-29
-30
-29
-29
-29
-28
-28
-28
-26
-26
-27
 chill °C
-33
-34
-33
-28
-29
-29
-41
-40
-44
-50
-49
-49
-50
-40
-40
-45
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-26-26-26-27-29-29-30-29-29-29-28-28-28-26-26-27-23-23-23-24-25-25-25-25-24-24-23-23-24-22-22-23-18-19-19-19-20-19-20-19-17-17-16-16-18-17-16-16-14-13-12-15-13-13-15-13-10-10-8-8-12-10-9-10
Sunrise
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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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Sunset
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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: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat night, min -30°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Tue afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -29°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the S on Wed afternoon, moderate winds from the S by Thu morning).

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
-15°C
light snow
Light snow.
26
Moderate winds from the E
(26 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
hy2c181E65S
1621 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the WNW
(52 kph at 298).
- km
hy2c182E65S
1621 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the WNW
(48 kph at 300).
- km
hy2c183E65S
1630 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the WNW
(46 kph at 302).
- km
hy2c180E64S
1640 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the WNW
(54 kph at 295).
- km
hy2c170E64S
1650 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the W
(41 kph at 278).
- km
hy2c169E64S
1663 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the W
(43 kph at 280).
- km
hy2c179E64S
1664 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
60
Near gales from the WNW
(60 kph at 288).
- km
hy2c183E64S
1665 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
53
Near gales from the NW
(53 kph at 305).
- km
hy2c184E65S
1670 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the WNW
(52 kph at 302).
- 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.