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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Mon 28 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Thu morning, min -36°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Thu afternoon, min -37°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Thu night, light winds from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
1650
400
300
400
2100
150
km/h
15
SW
25
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
35
S
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSE
35
SSW
30
SSW
15
W
15
W
10
SW
20
SW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
3
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-33
-35
-36
-36
-36
-35
-33
-32
-31
-31
-33
-36
-32
-32
-33
-35
-35
min °C
-34
-36
-36
-36
-36
-35
-34
-33
-32
-32
-36
-37
-33
-32
-34
-36
-35
 chill °C
-47
-52
-50
-52
-55
-52
-48
-47
-48
-51
-54
-55
-50
-44
-43
-47
-48
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-34-36-36-36-36-35-34-33-32-32-35-37-33-32-34-36-35-31-33-33-33-32-31-30-28-27-27-32-33-29-29-31-33-32-28-29-29-28-26-25-24-22-21-21-29-26-24-25-27-28-28-25-27-26-25-24-21-19-19-16-15-22-22-21-23-23-25-28
Sunrise
—
—
6:50
—
—
6:41
—
—
6:33
—
—
6:24
—
—
6:16
—
—
Sunset
8:46
—
—
8:54
—
—
9:01
—
—
9:09
—
—
9:17
—
—
9:25
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Thu morning, min -36°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Thu afternoon, min -37°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Thu night, light winds from the SW by Sat 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
-
24
Moderate winds from the E.(Wind varies from 070 to 130 degs)
(24 kph at 100).
10.0 km
Low: few
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (13 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
2.0 km
Mid: few
High: scattered
ASCATB231E68S
2317 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the WSW
(37 kph at 252).
- km
ASCATB232E68S
2333 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WSW
(35 kph at 250).
- km
ASCATB233E68S
2363 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the WSW
(36 kph at 247).
- km
ASCATB234E68S
2387 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the WSW
(37 kph at 253).
- km
ASCATB235E68S
2402 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the WSW
(40 kph at 258).
- km
ASCATB231E67S
2415 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the SW
(23 kph at 221).
- km
ASCATB240E69S
2421 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the W
(35 kph at 260).
- km
ASCATB236E68S
2435 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the WSW
(36 kph at 257).
- 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.