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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Sat 07 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat morning, min -29°C on Mon afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Wed night, min -29°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Tue morning, stormy winds from the S by Wed afternoon).

Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
200
100
100
200
100
200
100
100
200
1650
1650
1250
300
350
250
100
150
1650
km/h
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
SSE
25
SSE
65
S
80
SSW
90
S
55
S
25
SSE
25
S
50
S
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
3
3
1
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-28
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-28
-26
-26
-26
-27
min °C
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-28
-28
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-29
-26
-27
-28
 chill °C
-30
-30
-33
-34
-34
-33
-33
-35
-34
-41
-43
-48
-51
-52
-50
-40
-43
-46
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-25-25-26-26-26-27-28-29-29-29-29-29-29-29-28-26-27-28-21-21-22-23-23-24-25-25-25-25-24-24-24-24-24-23-22-23-16-16-18-18-18-19-20-20-20-19-18-16-16-17-19-18-16-16-10-9-13-12-12-14-13-13-15-13-10-9-8-9-14-11-9-10
Sunrise
12:00
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—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
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Sunset
12:00
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12:00
—
—
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: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat morning, min -29°C on Mon afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Wed night, min -29°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Tue morning, stormy winds from the S by Wed 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
-10°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (15 kph from 190 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-10°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
20
Moderate winds from the E
(20 kph at 100).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-3°C
-
19
Light winds from the WNW
(19 kph at 290).
40 km
Mid: clear
WilkinsRunwayEast
2101 km WSW
755m alt.
2 hours ago
-13°C
-
69
Gales from the E
(69 kph at 90).
2.0 km
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
2 hours ago
-6°C
State of sky unchanged.
19
Light winds from the SW
(19 kph at 230).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATC117E62S
2506 km W
15m alt.
4 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the NNE
(38 kph at 18).
- km
ASCATC117E61S
2517 km W
15m alt.
4 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the NNE
(37 kph at 15).
- km
ASCATC116E62S
2520 km W
15m alt.
4 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the NNE
(44 kph at 16).
- km
ASCATC115E62S
2536 km W
15m alt.
4 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the NNE
(45 kph at 23).
- 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.