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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Wed 21 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue night, min -26°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SSE on Tue night, light winds from the S by Fri afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Fri night, min -29°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat morning, light winds from the W by Sun night).

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
cloud
cloud
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
500
600
450
400
300
450
1250
1550
1250
500
450
1250
100
km/h
60
S
50
S
65
S
50
S
55
S
40
SSW
25
S
15
SSW
10
S
20
S
35
S
30
S
20
SSE
10
S
10
SW
5
NW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
4
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-24
-26
-25
-25
-25
-24
-24
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-26
-27
-26
-26
min °C
-25
-26
-26
-25
-25
-24
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-26
-27
-27
-27
-27
 chill °C
-45
-43
-46
-42
-43
-39
-36
-35
-35
-36
-41
-40
-39
-36
-35
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-25-26-26-25-25-24-25-25-26-26-26-26-27-27-27-27-21-21-21-21-20-20-20-21-22-23-23-23-24-24-23-24-14-14-14-15-13-13-15-16-16-18-19-20-20-19-19-20-7-8-7-9-7-8-10-11-12-14-13-13-15-14-14-18
Sunrise
—
2:41
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
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12:45
—
—
12:00
—
—
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 light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue night, min -26°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SSE on Tue night, light winds from the S by Fri afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Fri night, min -29°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat morning, light winds from the W 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
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-7°C
-
70
Gales from the SE
(70 kph at 130).
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC134E64S
1941 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NNE
(32 kph at 26).
- km
ASCATC135E64S
1944 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NNE
(32 kph at 24).
- km
ASCATC135E63S
1961 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the NNE
(33 kph at 20).
- km
ASCATC133E64S
1973 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the NNE
(31 kph at 20).
- km
ASCATC132E64S
1995 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the NNE
(31 kph at 24).
- km
ASCATC131E64S
2018 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NNE
(30 kph at 16).
- km
ASCATB130E64S
2029 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NNE
(30 kph at 32).
- km
ASCATC130E64S
2034 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NNE
(30 kph at 16).
- 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.