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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Fri 16 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun afternoon. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun night, min -27°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, gales from the S by Sun night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon afternoon, min -27°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon night, fresh winds from the S by Wed night).

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
cloud
light snow
snow showers
light snow
part cloud
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
light snow
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
4700
350
1150
1100
100
450
150
300
500
1150
450
450
1100
1300
400
500
550
km/h
20
ENE
5
SSE
30
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
45
S
50
S
60
S
60
S
60
S
65
S
80
S
50
SSW
50
SSW
55
S
75
S
55
S
50
S
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
4
6
4
3
7
—
—
1
2
1
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-26
-25
-25
-26
-25
-25
-26
-25
-24
-23
-22
-23
-24
-26
-26
-26
-24
-25
min °C
-27
-26
-26
-26
-26
-26
-27
-25
-25
-23
-22
-24
-25
-26
-27
-26
-26
-25
 chill °C
-39
-26
-42
-42
-40
-42
-45
-44
-44
-41
-40
-42
-42
-44
-46
-46
-44
-43
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-26-26-26-26-26-27-25-25-23-22-24-25-26-27-26-25-25-24-22-22-22-22-22-22-21-21-19-18-19-20-21-21-22-21-21-20-18-17-16-16-17-14-14-15-14-13-12-13-14-14-15-14-15-17-14-12-9-10-12-8-7-9-6-6-7-7-7-9-7-7-10
Sunrise
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
2:41
—
—
Sunset
—
—
11:32
—
—
11:46
12:00
—
—
12:02
—
—
12:21
—
—
12:45
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun afternoon. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sun night, min -27°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, gales from the S by Sun night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon afternoon, min -27°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon night, fresh winds from the S by Wed 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
clear
Mist -.
6
Light winds from the WNW
(6 kph at 290).
9.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
clear
Clear
19
Light winds from the NNW
(19 kph at 340).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-17°C
-
22
Moderate winds from the E
(22 kph at 80).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC176E64S
1670 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the SSW
(31 kph at 208).
- km
ASCATC175E64S
1678 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the SSW
(31 kph at 207).
- km
hy2c177E64S
1681 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
20
Moderate winds from the W
(20 kph at 265).
- km
ASCATC174E64S
1683 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the SSW
(30 kph at 208).
- km
hy2c179E64S
1684 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the WSW
(34 kph at 238).
- km
hy2c182E64S
1687 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the SW
(43 kph at 235).
- 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.