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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Tue 06 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Tue night, min -24°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Mon night, calm by Wed morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu night, min -31°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Fri morning, calm by Sat night).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
100
1650
1550
250
400
150
150
100
100
100
150
150
400
1100
1550
1500
km/h
55
S
45
S
45
SSW
35
SSW
20
SE
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
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Snowflake cm
4
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—
2
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-23
-22
-21
-20
-21
-22
-21
-20
-21
-21
-23
-24
-24
-27
-28
-29
min °C
-24
-22
-21
-21
-22
-22
-22
-21
-21
-23
-23
-24
-26
-27
-28
-30
 chill °C
-42
-38
-36
-35
-22
-31
-31
-29
-31
-37
-37
-37
-34
-34
-33
-36
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-24-22-21-21-22-22-22-21-21-22-23-24-25-27-28-30-19-17-16-17-18-18-18-18-18-20-21-22-23-25-26-27-13-10-10-11-14-13-14-15-15-16-18-20-21-23-23-25-8-5-4-6-9-10-14-14-14-16-14-15-17-18-19-22
Sunrise
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5:50
—
—
5:41
—
—
5:33
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5:22
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—
5:13
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Sunset
—
—
9:50
—
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9:59
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10:07
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10:16
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10:25

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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 Mon night. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Tue night, min -24°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Mon night, calm by Wed morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu night, min -31°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Fri morning, calm by Sat 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.
2 hours ago
-7°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 90 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
High: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-11°C
-
83
Severe gales from the SE
(83 kph at 140).
ASCATC132E63S
2041 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the SW
(41 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATC131E63S
2112 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the SW
(45 kph at 235).
- km
ASCATC131E62S
2124 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the SW
(45 kph at 236).
- km
ASCATC130E63S
2138 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the WSW
(44 kph at 242).
- km
ASCATC129E63S
2152 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the WSW
(41 kph at 246).
- km
ASCATB128E63S
2157 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the WSW
(40 kph at 250).
- km
ASCATB123E64S
2160 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the SSW
(39 kph at 209).
- km
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
3 hours ago
-9°C
-
28
Moderate winds from the SE
(28 kph at 130).
Mid: overcast

* 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.