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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sat 03 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Sun afternoon, min -34°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Fri night, light winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Wed morning, min -31°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Wed night, light winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Saturday
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
1400
2100
2000
1850
1000
300
200
150
500
350
400
1200
1250
km/h
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
35
S
30
S
15
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSW
30
S
40
S
50
S
55
S
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Snowflake cm
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1
—
—
—
—
—
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2
2
3
 mm
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—
—
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-34
-34
-34
-32
-31
-29
-29
-30
-31
-26
-25
-24
-24
-22
-22
-23
min °C
-34
-34
-34
-33
-31
-30
-30
-30
-31
-31
-25
-25
-24
-23
-22
-23
 chill °C
-52
-52
-52
-50
-47
-41
-45
-47
-46
-42
-40
-39
-38
-38
-38
-40
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-34-34-34-33-31-30-30-30-31-29-25-25-24-23-22-23-31-31-31-29-27-25-25-27-28-26-21-20-20-19-19-20-26-27-26-23-19-19-19-21-23-21-17-14-13-14-15-15-21-21-20-22-19-17-16-15-16-19-12-10-10-8-8-11
Sunrise
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6:16
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6:07
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6:00
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5:50
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5:41
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Sunset
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9:25
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9:34
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9:42
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9:50
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9:59
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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 -29°C on Sun afternoon, min -34°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Fri night, light winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Wed morning, min -31°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Wed night, light winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

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
-22°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
Wind obs. (61 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
6.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-14°C
-
39
Strong winds from the ESE
(39 kph at 110).
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
3 hours ago
-8°C
-
69
Gales from the E
(69 kph at 90).
ASCATC228E67S
2278 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the SSW
(39 kph at 212).
- km
ASCATC229E67S
2288 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
12
Light winds from the SSW
(12 kph at 212).
- km
ASCATC227E67S
2293 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the SW
(38 kph at 219).
- km
ASCATC230E67S
2312 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
8
Light winds from the N
(8 kph at 359).
- km
ASCATB227E67S
2320 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the WSW
(32 kph at 253).
- km
ASCATB228E67S
2320 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the WSW
(29 kph at 250).
- km
ASCATC227E66S
2322 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
53
Near gales from the SW
(53 kph at 228).
- 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.