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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Thu 05 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 -23°C on Thu afternoon, min -25°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Wed night, light winds from the WSW by Sat morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

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

Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1100
350
1050
1550
1950
500
250
400
450
300
1300
100
100
550
1450
km/h
60
S
50
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
30
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
S
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Snowflake cm
2
2
1
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 mm
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—
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—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-24
-23
-24
-24
-24
-24
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-27
-28
-28
min °C
-25
-24
-24
-25
-24
-24
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-27
-27
-28
-29
 chill °C
-41
-41
-40
-41
-40
-38
-33
-31
-32
-25
-35
-34
-33
-27
-28
-34
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunset
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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 -23°C on Thu afternoon, min -25°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (gales from the S on Wed night, light winds from the WSW by Sat morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat night, 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.
2 hours ago
-8°C
light snow
Light snow.
9
Light winds from the N
(9 kph at 1).
7.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-12°C
-
30
Fresh winds from the SE
(30 kph at 140).
hy2c183E65S
1654 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the NW
(62 kph at 308).
- km
hy2c182E64S
1661 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
55
Near gales from the NW
(55 kph at 308).
- km
hy2c180E64S
1674 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
58
Near gales from the WNW
(58 kph at 302).
- km
hy2c176E64S
1679 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
65
Gales from the WNW
(65 kph at 298).
- km
hy2c177E64S
1680 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
69
Gales from the WNW
(69 kph at 298).
- km
hy2c184E64S
1683 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the NW
(62 kph at 310).
- km
hy2c186E65S
1683 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
58
Near gales from the NW
(58 kph at 315).
- km
hy2c178E64S
1689 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
67
Gales from the WNW
(67 kph at 300).
- 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.