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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Tue 13 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Thu night, min -31°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Fri morning, min -25°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Fri night, light winds from the SE by Sun morning).

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
400
600
0
1450
1300
150
1100
200
150
1200
1550
1300
1350
1450
1650
1400
1700
2150
km/h
20
S
20
S
20
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
S
40
SSE
35
S
40
S
35
S
20
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-31
-31
-31
-31
-31
-29
-28
-28
-25
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
min °C
-31
-31
-31
-31
-31
-31
-28
-28
-28
-25
-24
-25
-25
-25
-24
-24
-24
-24
 chill °C
-44
-45
-44
-41
-43
-44
-41
-42
-42
-39
-40
-42
-40
-40
-37
-32
-33
-35
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-31-31-31-31-30-28-28-27-25-24-25-25-25-24-24-24-24-29-29-29-28-28-27-25-25-23-21-20-21-21-21-21-21-21-20-26-26-26-25-24-22-20-20-19-17-15-15-15-16-16-17-16-15-22-21-22-20-18-17-14-14-15-11-9-10-11-12-14-13-13-14
Sunrise
4:43
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4:31
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4:20
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4:07
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3:55
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12:00
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Sunset
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10:57
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11:07
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11:20
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11:32
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11:46
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 -25°C on Thu night, min -31°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Fri morning, min -25°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Fri night, light winds from the SE by Sun morning).

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.
3 hours ago
-22°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (17 kph from 160 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-20°C
clear
Clear
17
Light winds from the ESE
(17 kph at 110).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-14°C
-
28
Moderate winds from the E
(28 kph at 100).
30 km
Mid: overcast
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
7
Light winds from the SW
(7 kph at 230).
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
1 hour ago
-14°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
37
Fresh winds from the NE
(37 kph at 40).
26 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATC112E62S
2605 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the W
(31 kph at 279).
- km
ASCATC111E62S
2624 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the WNW
(39 kph at 290).
- km
ASCATC112E61S
2626 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the WNW
(52 kph at 301).
- km
ASCATC111E61S
2642 km W
15m alt.
2 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the WNW
(49 kph at 298).
- km
2674 km N
6m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
No report.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).

* 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.