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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Sat 17 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Sun night, min -27°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SE on Sat morning, severe gales from the S by Mon morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Thu morning, min -26°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SSE on Tue night, moderate winds from the SSE by Thu morning).

Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
part cloud
cloud
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
cloud
cloud
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
600
1300
1050
350
250
450
450
550
350
500
450
1200
450
200
1150
1850
1300
1350
km/h
25
SE
25
SSE
40
S
50
S
60
S
70
S
80
SSE
75
S
65
S
50
SSW
50
SSW
60
S
60
S
65
S
45
S
40
S
35
SSE
45
S
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
1
3
11
4
4
5
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-25
-25
-25
-23
-22
-22
-23
-23
-25
-26
-26
-26
-25
-25
-24
-24
-24
min °C
-26
-25
-27
-26
-24
-24
-22
-23
-24
-25
-26
-26
-26
-25
-26
-25
-24
-25
 chill °C
-39
-38
-43
-44
-42
-42
-41
-42
-42
-42
-44
-45
-45
-44
-44
-41
-38
-41
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-26-25-26-26-24-23-22-23-24-25-26-26-26-25-26-25-24-25-22-22-22-22-20-20-19-19-19-20-21-21-22-21-21-20-19-20-16-16-16-14-14-14-14-13-13-14-14-14-15-15-14-13-12-14-10-10-11-8-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-8-9-7-10-6-6-9
Sunrise
3:55
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—
12:00
—
—
3:24
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—
3:04
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—
2:41
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—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
—
—
11:46
12:00
—
—
12:02
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—
12:21
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—
12:45
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—
12:00
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Sun night, min -27°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SE on Sat morning, severe gales from the S by Mon morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Thu morning, min -26°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SSE on Tue night, moderate winds from the SSE by Thu 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.
2 hours ago
-16°C
light snow
Light snow.
6
Light winds from the SSE
(6 kph at 160).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
2 hours ago
-13°C
-
7
Light winds from the WNW
(7 kph at 300).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 10 degs) was rejected.
9.0 km
Low: few
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-18°C
-
48
Strong winds from the SE
(48 kph at 140).
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
1533 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 10 degs) was rejected.
29 km
Mid: overcast
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
56 minutes ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC153E63S
1745 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
18
Light winds from the WNW
(18 kph at 291).
- km
ASCATB153E63S
1752 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
17
Light winds from the WNW
(17 kph at 284).
- km
ASCATC151E63S
1758 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the NNE
(21 kph at 12).
- km
ASCATB148E63S
1761 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the NE
(27 kph at 36).
- 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.