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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 pm Sat 12 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun morning, min -29°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Sun morning, light winds from the WSW by Tue morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Tue night, min -36°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
snow shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
1400
1250
1100
1000
1350
550
150
200
150
4500
4200
4700
km/h
45
S
70
S
75
S
55
S
45
SSW
35
S
45
SSW
5
WSW
15
NW
10
NW
5
SW
15
WSW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
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Snowflake cm
1
2
2
4
1
2
 mm
max °C
-24
-23
-23
-23
-25
-25
-25
-26
-25
-25
-28
-29
-30
-32
-33
-35
min °C
-29
-23
-25
-25
-25
-25
-26
-26
-25
-27
-29
-30
-31
-33
-34
-36
 chill °C
-47
-42
-44
-42
-42
-40
-43
-32
-35
-34
-38
-41
-43
-47
-46
-47
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-23-24-24-25-25-26-26-25-26-29-30-31-33-34-36-24-21-20-20-21-21-22-22-23-25-27-28-29-31-32-33-21-18-15-14-16-15-17-18-20-24-26-26-27-31-31-31-16-11-9-8-10-9-13-17-19-23-24-25-28-30-30-31
Sunrise
8:00
7:52
7:45
7:37
7:28
Sunset
5:53
6:00
6:08
6:15
6:22

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun morning, min -29°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Sun morning, light winds from the WSW by Tue morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Tue night, min -36°C on Thu 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.
3 hours ago
-16°C
moderate snow
Blowing moderate snow.
87
Stormy winds from the SSW
(87 kph at 200).
4.4 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-18°C
-
15
Light winds from the SSE
(15 kph at 150).
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC138E63S
1945 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the NE
(41 kph at 43).
- km
ASCATB134E64S
1962 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the ENE
(31 kph at 72).
- km
ASCATC133E64S
1974 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the E
(34 kph at 82).
- km
ASCATB133E64S
1975 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the E
(33 kph at 81).
- km
ASCATC132E64S
1989 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the E
(35 kph at 85).
- km
ASCATB132E64S
1990 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the E
(35 kph at 83).
- km
ASCATB135E63S
1998 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the NE
(28 kph at 51).
- 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.