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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Mon 26 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Sun night, min -33°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, strong winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Sat afternoon, min -28°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Fri morning, severe gales from the S by Sat afternoon).

Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
150
150
250
450
1450
1300
1800
1650
1250
1550
1850
1450
300
1500
4500
km/h
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
S
15
SSW
25
SSW
40
S
35
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
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—
—
—
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1
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-27
-28
-29
-30
-32
-32
-32
-30
-29
-27
-26
-26
-27
-26
-24
-23
min °C
-27
-28
-29
-31
-32
-32
-33
-31
-30
-28
-26
-26
-27
-27
-25
-23
 chill °C
-27
-38
-40
-39
-42
-44
-51
-49
-46
-43
-39
-38
-37
-34
-35
-34
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-28-29-31-32-32-33-31-30-28-26-26-27-27-25-23-24-25-26-28-28-28-28-27-25-23-22-22-23-24-22-20-21-21-22-23-23-23-21-20-18-16-15-15-17-19-18-15-19-17-16-18-16-15-16-13-12-12-10-9-11-13-12-11
Sunrise
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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
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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: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Sun night, min -33°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, strong winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Sat afternoon, min -28°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Fri morning, severe gales from the S by Sat afternoon).

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
-18°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (6 kph from 170 degs) was rejected.
0.5 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-14°C
-
31
Fresh winds from the SE
(31 kph at 140).
40 km
Mid: few
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
6
Light winds from the E
(6 kph at 100).
ASCATC175E64S
1686 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
12
Light winds from the S
(12 kph at 182).
- km
ASCATB176E64S
1696 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
3
Calm
(3 kph at 167).
- km
ASCATC176E64S
1700 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
5
Calm
(5 kph at 157).
- km
ASCATC177E64S
1705 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
13
Light winds from the SW
(13 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATB177E64S
1706 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
12
Light winds from the SW
(12 kph at 222).
- km
ASCATC178E64S
1713 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
17
Light winds from the SW
(17 kph at 230).
- km
ASCATB178E64S
1713 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
18
Light winds from the SW
(18 kph at 223).
- 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.