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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 pm Mon 21 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Wed morning, min -34°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Tue afternoon, light winds from the E by Wed night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -32°C on Sat morning, min -36°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the S by Sun afternoon).

Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
300
2000
1950
5000
4150
1400
1300
1500
km/h
45
SW
50
S
50
S
35
SSW
15
NW
10
NNW
20
N
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
E
20
ENE
10
E
5
S
5
WSW
10
NW
5
NNE
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Snowflake cm
2
 mm
max °C
-30
-31
-33
-31
-28
-29
-31
-33
-34
-34
-34
-34
-33
-32
-32
-34
min °C
-31
-33
-33
-33
-29
-30
-32
-33
-34
-34
-34
-34
-34
-32
-33
-35
 chill °C
-50
-52
-53
-52
-41
-42
-40
-42
-44
-41
-48
-43
-41
-38
-42
-41
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-32-33-32-29-30-32-33-34-34-34-34-34-32-33-35-27-30-31-29-26-27-29-31-31-32-31-31-31-30-31-32-21-27-27-25-26-28-29-29-28-28-28-28-28-29-30-29-17-21-21-22-24-25-29-26-26-25-23-22-26-28-29-29
Sunrise
6:50
6:41
6:33
6:26
6:18
Sunset
6:59
7:07
7:14
7:21
7:29

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Wed morning, min -34°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Tue afternoon, light winds from the E by Wed night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -32°C on Sat morning, min -36°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the S by Sun 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
-16°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Amundsen-Scott Airport
1297 km S
507m alt.
54 minutes ago
-69°C
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
11
Light winds from the ESE
(11 kph at 120).
8.0 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATC181E65S
1639 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the NW
(44 kph at 323).
- km
ASCATC183E65S
1640 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the NW
(45 kph at 306).
- km
ASCATC182E65S
1651 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the NW
(45 kph at 314).
- km
ASCATC174E64S
1688 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the NW
(58 kph at 321).
- km
ASCATC175E64S
1691 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
58
Near gales from the NW
(58 kph at 322).
- km
ASCATB175E64S
1692 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
60
Near gales from the NW
(60 kph at 320).
- km
ASCATB176E64S
1697 km NNE
15m alt.
1 hour ago
65
Gales from the NW
(65 kph at 319).
- km
ASCATC176E64S
1700 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
60
Near gales from the NW
(60 kph at 318).
- 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.