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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Sat 31 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sat night, min -27°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Tue night, min -27°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
Cloud base (m)
150
200
100
50
100
1400
1100
300
1150
4850
4400
100
1550
1200
500
km/h
10
NW
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
SSE
15
SE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SE
15
SSE
20
ESE
40
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
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1
 mm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-24
-25
-25
-25
-27
-27
-26
-25
-24
-23
-24
-24
-25
-26
-26
-26
min °C
-25
-25
-25
-25
-27
-27
-27
-27
-26
-25
-24
-24
-24
-26
-26
-26
-27
 chill °C
-34
-35
-34
-32
-39
-37
-34
-35
-34
-32
-29
-30
-29
-34
-36
-38
-44
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-25-25-25-25-26-27-27-27-26-25-24-24-24-26-26-26-27-22-21-21-21-22-24-23-23-22-21-20-20-20-22-22-22-22-17-16-16-15-16-18-18-18-16-15-15-15-15-16-16-16-16-13-15-12-11-12-11-10-13-10-9-12-10-10-12-10-9-10
Sunrise
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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Sunset
12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sat night, min -27°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Tue night, min -27°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the SSW by Thu 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
-14°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-15°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
9
Light winds from the WNW.(Wind varies from 016 to 021 degs)
(9 kph at 290).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
2 hours ago
-9°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 70).
40 km
Mid: clear
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 290 degs) was rejected.
4.8 km
Mid: scattered
High: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-10°C
-
39
Strong winds from the SE
(39 kph at 130).
50 km
Mid: scattered
1533 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 390 degs) was rejected.
4.8 km
Mid: overcast
WilkinsRunwayEast
2101 km WSW
755m alt.
2 hours ago
-10°C
-
67
Gales from the E
(67 kph at 80).
26 km
Mid: few
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
2 hours ago
-2°C
State of sky unchanged.
Wind obs. (26 kph from 120 degs) was rejected.
35 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATB227E66S
2418 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the NE
(37 kph at 50).
- km
ASCATB228E66S
2440 km E
15m alt.
2 hours ago
36
Fresh winds from the NE
(36 kph at 42).
- 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.