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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Sun 18 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun afternoon, min -26°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon morning, strong winds from the SSW by Tue morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Wed night, min -27°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSE on Wed night, gales from the S by Fri night).

Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
mod snow
mod snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
light snow
snow shwrs
mod. snow
mod. snow
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
light snow
cloudy
light snow
Cloud base (m)
400
300
350
400
550
550
1300
1250
1200
500
1100
1750
1750
1200
200
km/h
55
S
60
SSW
80
S
75
S
85
S
40
SSW
45
S
65
S
50
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
35
SSE
35
S
35
S
45
SSE
45
SSE
50
S
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
2
8
6
3
7
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-23
-23
-23
-23
-24
-25
-25
-25
-26
-25
-24
-25
-25
-24
-24
-26
-26
min °C
-25
-24
-23
-23
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-25
-26
-27
 chill °C
-43
-41
-42
-42
-43
-41
-43
-44
-44
-39
-39
-40
-40
-41
-42
-43
-46
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-24-24-23-23-25-25-26-26-26-25-25-25-25-25-25-26-27-20-20-19-19-20-20-21-21-21-21-21-21-20-20-21-22-23-14-13-14-14-13-14-13-14-15-14-15-14-14-14-15-16-18-7-7-6-6-7-7-7-9-7-7-12-8-8-8-8-10-12
Sunrise
—
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
2:41
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
12:00
—
12:02
—
—
12:21
—
—
12:45
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun afternoon, min -26°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon morning, strong winds from the SSW by Tue morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Wed night, min -27°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSE on Wed night, gales from the S by Fri 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.
3 hours ago
-8°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (24 kph from 150 degs) was rejected.
8.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
High: broken
ASCATB209E64S
2201 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the NNW
(43 kph at 328).
- km
ASCATB208E63S
2291 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the NNW
(31 kph at 331).
- km
ASCATB209E63S
2315 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the NW
(23 kph at 313).
- km
ASCATB210E63S
2335 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
19
Light winds from the WNW
(19 kph at 300).
- km
ASCATB211E63S
2358 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
19
Light winds from the W
(19 kph at 261).
- km
ASCATB212E63S
2372 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the WSW
(23 kph at 252).
- km
ASCATC212E63S
2373 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the WSW
(22 kph at 252).
- km
ASCATB248E71S
2397 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the WSW
(34 kph at 251).
- km
ASCATB208E62S
2398 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
13
Light winds from the NE
(13 kph at 37).
- 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.