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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Sun 11 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Sun morning, min -34°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu night, min -32°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed morning, stormy winds from the S by Fri morning).

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
500
1150
450
500
1300
600
1400
350
150
500
1300
450
500
1200
km/h
10
W
10
NW
5
NNE
10
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
15
S
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
40
SSE
85
SSE
70
S
70
S
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-27
-29
-32
-33
-33
-32
-32
-31
-31
-32
-32
-31
-30
-27
-21
-22
-24
-24
min °C
-28
-31
-34
-33
-33
-33
-32
-31
-32
-32
-32
-32
-31
-28
-25
-23
-24
-25
 chill °C
-36
-41
-40
-44
-47
-47
-45
-45
-42
-43
-44
-45
-44
-42
-40
-44
-43
-45
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-28-30-33-33-33-33-32-31-32-32-32-32-31-28-23-23-24-25-26-28-30-30-29-29-30-29-29-29-29-29-27-24-20-19-20-21-23-25-27-26-24-25-26-26-26-25-25-24-22-19-15-14-14-14-20-20-25-21-19-22-22-21-21-19-18-19-15-13-10-7-7-8
Sunrise
5:03
—
—
4:54
—
—
4:43
—
—
4:31
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—
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
Sunset
—
—
10:36
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—
10:45
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—
10:57
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—
11:07
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—
11:20
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—
11:32

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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 morning, min -34°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Thu night, min -32°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed morning, stormy winds from the S by Fri morning).

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.
1 hour ago
-20°C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (13 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-10°C
heavy snow
Heavy drifting snow, above eye level.
128
Extremely windy from the SSE
(128 kph at 150).
<100m
Mid: mostly cloudy
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
57 minutes ago
-
13
Light winds from the SW
(13 kph at 230).
ASCATC176E63S
1699 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the N
(27 kph at 7).
- km
ASCATC175E63S
1708 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the N
(29 kph at 11).
- km
ASCATC174E63S
1742 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the N
(36 kph at 353).
- km
ASCATB172E63S
1746 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the N
(43 kph at 6).
- km
ASCATB173E63S
1748 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the N
(41 kph at 7).
- km
ASCATC173E63S
1753 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the N
(42 kph at 0).
- km
ASCATC172E63S
1764 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the N
(41 kph at 1).
- 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.