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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Thu 08 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Thu afternoon, min -27°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Sun afternoon, min -34°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon night, calm by Tue night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
100
100
1300
1250
500
2100
3400
4800
1450
km/h
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
5
NW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
WSW
55
SSW
25
SSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-20
-20
-23
-24
-25
-27
-26
-25
-25
-26
-29
-30
-33
-30
-28
-28
-28
min °C
-20
-22
-23
-24
-27
-27
-27
-26
-26
-28
-30
-32
-34
-33
-29
-28
-29
 chill °C
-29
-33
-34
-35
-35
-36
-38
-38
-38
-41
-42
-46
-56
-56
-43
-40
-34
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-20-21-23-24-26-27-27-26-26-27-30-31-34-32-29-28-29-19-20-21-23-24-25-24-24-24-26-28-29-30-28-26-26-27-17-18-19-20-22-22-22-22-22-24-25-25-24-23-24-25-25-15-18-16-15-17-18-18-22-19-19-24-22-20-21-20-22-25
Sunrise
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—
5:22
—
—
5:13
—
—
5:03
—
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4:54
—
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4:43
—
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Sunset
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10:07
—
—
10:16
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10:25
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10:36
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10:45
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10:57

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -20°C on Thu afternoon, min -27°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Sun afternoon, min -34°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon night, calm by Tue 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-19°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (17 kph from 90 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
3 hours ago
-12°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 120).
35 km
Mid: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (24 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
3.6 km
High: few
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-7°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
28
Moderate winds from the E
(28 kph at 90).
0.8 km
Mid: overcast
1533 km S
2835m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (24 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
3.6 km
Mid: few
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (20 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
3 hours ago
-13°C
State of sky unchanged.
20
Moderate winds from the NE
(20 kph at 40).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATB207E64S
2167 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
9
Light winds from the NW
(9 kph at 310).
- km
ASCATB208E64S
2169 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
16
Light winds from the NNW
(16 kph at 344).
- km
ASCATC237E70S
2260 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
39
Strong winds from the S
(39 kph at 189).
- 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.