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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Sun 04 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue night, min -27°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSE on Sun night, light winds from the SW by Tue night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Wed night, min -26°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
mod snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
some clouds
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2500
400
1200
350
350
450
450
250
250
200
100
100
450
400
450
km/h
20
S
55
SSW
55
SSE
50
SSE
45
S
60
SSW
40
SSW
15
SW
25
SW
20
SW
5
SW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
7
2
2
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-26
-25
-25
-24
-23
-23
-22
-21
-22
-22
-21
-21
-21
-21
-22
-23
-23
min °C
-27
-26
-26
-25
-24
-23
-22
-22
-22
-22
-22
-21
-21
-21
-22
-23
-25
 chill °C
-40
-44
-44
-42
-42
-40
-37
-32
-34
-33
-29
-27
-30
-30
-34
-36
-38
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-26-26-25-24-23-22-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-22-23-24-22-22-23-21-19-18-17-17-18-18-18-19-19-20-20-21-22-16-18-19-16-13-12-10-11-13-13-14-16-17-18-18-18-20-14-12-12-9-7-7-7-10-9-10-14-14-14-16-14-15-18
Sunrise
—
—
6:00
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:41
—
—
5:33
—
—
5:22
—
—
Sunset
9:34
—
—
9:42
—
—
9:50
—
—
9:59
—
—
—
10:07
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—
10:16

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue night, min -27°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSE on Sun night, light winds from the SW by Tue night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Wed night, min -26°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

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
-14°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 360 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
1 hour ago
-21°C
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 10 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: few
1297 km S
3012m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (30 kph from 340 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
High: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-11°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
54
Near gales from the ESE
(54 kph at 120).
3.0 km
Mid: overcast
1533 km S
2835m alt.
1 hour ago
-49°C
light snow
Snow grains.
Wind obs. (30 kph from 330 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
Mid: overcast
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
1 hour ago
-4°C
partially cloudy
Clouds developing.
57
Near gales from the ESE
(57 kph at 120).
35 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB238E70S
2276 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the ENE
(51 kph at 60).
- km
ASCATB239E70S
2309 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the NE
(52 kph at 51).
- km
ASCATB240E70S
2334 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
54
Near gales from the NE
(54 kph at 44).
- km
ASCATB241E70S
2350 km ESE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the NE
(52 kph at 44).
- 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.