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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Tue 29 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Wed night, min -37°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Fri afternoon, min -34°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Thu night, light winds from the S by Fri night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1900
4950
4150
1700
300
150
1550
1950
150
km/h
25
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
35
S
25
SSW
15
S
20
S
30
SSE
35
SSW
50
S
35
S
30
SW
15
SW
20
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
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Weather map
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
3
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-35
-36
-36
-35
-34
-32
-31
-31
-31
-32
-33
-29
-30
-33
-31
-31
min °C
-35
-36
-36
-37
-34
-33
-32
-31
-32
-34
-34
-30
-33
-33
-32
-32
 chill °C
-48
-50
-53
-57
-50
-46
-44
-47
-52
-53
-52
-45
-43
-47
-48
-48
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-35-36-36-36-34-33-32-31-32-33-34-30-32-33-32-32-33-33-33-32-31-29-27-27-28-30-30-27-28-29-28-28-30-30-28-26-25-24-22-20-23-27-24-22-24-24-22-22-27-26-25-24-21-19-18-16-16-19-19-20-23-21-21-21
Sunrise
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6:50
—
—
6:41
—
—
6:33
—
—
6:24
—
—
6:16
—
—
Sunset
—
—
8:54
—
—
9:01
—
—
9:09
—
—
9:17
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—
9:25
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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 -31°C on Wed night, min -37°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Fri afternoon, min -34°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Thu night, light winds from the S by Fri 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
-28°C
moderate snow
Low drifting moderate snow.
35
Fresh winds from the S
(35 kph at 170).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
1 hour ago
-25°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (33 kph from 140 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (13 kph from 40 degs) was rejected.
2.0 km
High: few
ASCATB183E65S
1656 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
68
Gales from the S
(68 kph at 184).
- km
ASCATC192E66S
1670 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the SSE
(47 kph at 157).
- km
ASCATB185E65S
1675 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
67
Gales from the S
(67 kph at 172).
- km
ASCATB186E65S
1685 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the S
(47 kph at 169).
- km
ASCATC186E65S
1691 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the SSE
(21 kph at 165).
- km
ASCATB187E65S
1709 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
12
Light winds from the SE
(12 kph at 144).
- km
ASCATB188E65S
1711 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the SSE
(22 kph at 151).
- 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.