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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Tue 20 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue morning, min -26°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Tue afternoon, moderate winds from the S by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Fri morning, min -27°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun night).

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
cloud
light snow
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
light snow
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
450
1200
1100
1350
1550
500
1800
1450
1200
1500
1200
550
550
500
1700
300
100
km/h
60
SSW
70
S
55
SSW
50
SSW
60
S
40
S
45
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
30
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
1
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1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-24
-24
-24
-25
-26
-24
-25
-24
-24
-25
-26
-26
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
min °C
-24
-25
-26
-25
-26
-25
-25
-24
-25
-26
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
 chill °C
-42
-45
-44
-42
-45
-42
-41
-38
-38
-41
-43
-42
-41
-42
-38
-35
-35
-32
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-24-25-25-25-26-25-25-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-27-27-27-27-19-20-20-21-21-21-20-20-21-22-22-23-24-24-24-24-24-24-12-13-13-14-15-15-14-13-15-15-16-18-18-18-19-19-20-21-6-6-8-8-7-9-7-7-11-11-11-13-13-13-16-15-14-18
Sunrise
3:04
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—
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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Sunset
12:21
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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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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue morning, min -26°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Tue afternoon, moderate winds from the S by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Fri morning, min -27°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun 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
-8°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (24 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-12°C
-
19
Light winds from the E
(19 kph at 100).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC172E63S
1739 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the SSW
(32 kph at 206).
- km
ASCATB165E63S
1748 km N
15m alt.
3 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the WNW
(43 kph at 282).
- km
ASCATC173E63S
1752 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the SSW
(29 kph at 208).
- km
ASCATB186E64S
1754 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
55
Near gales from the SSW
(55 kph at 208).
- km
ASCATC170E63S
1765 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the W
(38 kph at 279).
- km
ASCATB187E64S
1767 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the SSW
(59 kph at 205).
- km
ASCATC171E63S
1771 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the W
(39 kph at 271).
- 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.