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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Wed 21 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Wed night, min -26°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the S by Fri night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Mon morning, min -29°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
cloud
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
light snow
cloudy
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
1100
500
500
550
250
1350
3550
4300
4750
4850
4800
1650
1450
1250
450
100
250
km/h
50
S
60
SSW
50
S
60
S
45
S
30
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
S
10
S
10
S
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
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Snowflake cm
1
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1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-25
-24
-25
-24
-24
-24
-26
-26
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-26
-27
-28
min °C
-26
-26
-25
-25
-25
-24
-25
-26
-26
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-29
 chill °C
-44
-45
-43
-43
-41
-39
-34
-34
-33
-36
-36
-38
-40
-38
-37
-34
-37
-41
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-26-26-25-25-25-24-25-26-26-27-27-27-27-27-27-27-27-29-21-21-21-20-20-20-21-21-23-23-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-26-15-14-14-13-13-14-15-16-17-19-19-21-20-20-20-21-21-23-8-8-8-7-7-10-11-12-15-15-15-17-15-14-17-16-16-20
Sunrise
2:41
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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
12:45
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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 -24°C on Wed night, min -26°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the S by Fri night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Mon morning, min -29°C on Mon night). 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-9°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
20
Moderate winds from the E.(Wind varies from 030 to 120 degs)
(20 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
High: overcast
ASCATB251E71S
2469 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the ENE
(35 kph at 66).
- km
ASCATB252E71S
2493 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the ENE
(36 kph at 64).
- km
ASCATB253E71S
2518 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the ENE
(36 kph at 57).
- km
ASCATB254E71S
2534 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the NE
(35 kph at 53).
- km
ASCATB255E71S
2559 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the NE
(33 kph at 51).
- km
ASCATB251E70S
2561 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the NE
(31 kph at 54).
- km
ASCATB256E71S
2568 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the NE
(33 kph at 54).
- km
ASCATB252E70S
2591 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the NE
(35 kph at 54).
- km
ASCATB257E71S
2602 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the NNE
(33 kph at 27).
- 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.