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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Fri 16 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon morning, min -27°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, gales from the S by Sun night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon afternoon, min -26°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon night, strong winds from the S by Wed night).

Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
snow showers
mod snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
mod. snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
4450
250
1150
550
150
450
150
200
250
1450
200
450
550
1450
1500
600
250
km/h
5
NW
20
SSW
30
SE
30
SSE
35
S
45
S
60
S
70
S
60
SSE
70
S
80
S
60
S
60
SSW
60
S
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
S
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
1
4
7
2
3
11
1
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-25
-25
-24
-22
-22
-23
-25
-25
-25
-26
-25
-26
min °C
-26
-25
-26
-26
-27
-27
-25
-25
-23
-23
-24
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-26
 chill °C
-26
-34
-40
-40
-43
-44
-43
-44
-41
-42
-42
-43
-43
-45
-43
-44
-44
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-26-25-26-26-27-26-25-25-23-23-24-25-25-26-26-26-26-23-22-22-22-23-22-20-20-19-18-19-20-20-21-21-21-22-19-17-16-17-17-14-14-14-14-13-12-13-14-14-15-15-15-15-13-10-10-12-8-7-8-7-6-6-7-7-10-9-9-10
Sunrise
—
—
3:55
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
2:41
—
—
Sunset
—
11:32
—
—
11:46
12:00
—
—
12:02
—
—
12:21
—
—
12:45
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon morning, min -27°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, gales from the S by Sun night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon afternoon, min -26°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon night, strong winds from the S by Wed 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.
3 hours ago
-18°C
clear
Clear
13
Light winds from the N
(13 kph at 350).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-19°C
-
70
Gales from the SE
(70 kph at 140).
30 km
Mid: few
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB199E64S
1922 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the W
(30 kph at 267).
- km
ASCATB200E65S
1930 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the WNW
(28 kph at 288).
- km
ASCATB201E65S
1945 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the NW
(28 kph at 311).
- km
ASCATB202E65S
1965 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 314).
- km
ASCATC202E65S
1967 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NW
(30 kph at 315).
- km
ASCATC203E65S
1980 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the NW
(30 kph at 315).
- km
ASCATB203E65S
1990 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the NNW
(27 kph at 337).
- 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.