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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 27 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Thu afternoon, min -34°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed morning, light winds from the SSE by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sat morning, min -29°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
snow showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
cloudy
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1500
1150
1800
1900
1650
350
2100
1900
150
600
250
150
4050
0
150
50
3600
km/h
10
SE
10
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
NNE
15
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
N
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Snowflake cm
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—
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1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-34
-33
-33
-32
-31
-28
-28
-27
-28
-29
-27
-25
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
min °C
-34
-33
-33
-32
-31
-30
-28
-28
-29
-29
-28
-27
-25
-24
-24
-24
-24
-25
 chill °C
-44
-44
-48
-48
-48
-43
-39
-40
-38
-36
-34
-36
-35
-30
-24
-34
-34
-33
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-34-33-33-32-31-29-28-28-29-29-28-26-25-24-24-24-24-25-30-29-28-27-27-25-23-23-25-25-24-23-21-20-20-20-20-21-24-23-21-20-19-18-16-17-20-20-19-18-16-14-15-15-15-16-17-16-18-14-13-16-13-11-14-13-12-15-12-10-13-11-10-13
Sunrise
12:00
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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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12:00
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Sunset
12:00
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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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12:00
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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 -27°C on Thu afternoon, min -34°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed morning, light winds from the SSE by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sat morning, min -29°C on Fri morning). 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
37
Fresh winds from the S
(37 kph at 180).
0.6 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-20°C
light snow
Light snow.
30
Fresh winds from the SE
(30 kph at 140).
3.9 km
Mid: scattered
High: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
54 minutes ago
-19°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, above eye level.
70
Gales from the SSE
(70 kph at 150).
3.0 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB179E64S
1650 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WNW
(35 kph at 304).
- km
ASCATC181E64S
1657 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the N
(41 kph at 356).
- km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (6 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC180E64S
1661 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the N
(38 kph at 350).
- km
ASCATB177E64S
1664 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the WNW
(33 kph at 294).
- km
ASCATB178E64S
1668 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the WNW
(33 kph at 296).
- km
ASCATC179E64S
1669 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WNW
(35 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.