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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Mon 05 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue afternoon, min -24°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon night, calm by Wed morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Thu afternoon, min -28°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Sat morning).

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
300
50
1850
1300
250
250
150
100
100
150
150
100
200
600
1550
1650
1450
km/h
60
SSE
55
S
50
S
45
SSW
45
S
15
S
10
NW
15
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
2
4
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-24
-23
-22
-21
-21
-21
-21
-21
-21
-22
-23
-24
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
min °C
-24
-24
-22
-22
-22
-22
-22
-21
-21
-22
-24
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-28
 chill °C
-42
-43
-38
-38
-37
-22
-30
-30
-33
-36
-36
-36
-36
-33
-32
-34
-37
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-24-24-22-22-22-22-22-21-21-22-24-25-25-26-26-26-27-20-19-17-17-18-18-18-18-19-19-21-22-23-24-24-24-25-15-13-10-10-12-14-13-14-16-16-17-19-21-22-22-23-24-9-7-4-4-7-9-10-14-13-13-14-14-16-19-18-19-22
Sunrise
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:41
—
—
5:33
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5:22
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5:13
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—
Sunset
9:42
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—
9:50
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9:59
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—
—
10:07
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10:16
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10:25

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Tue afternoon, min -24°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Mon night, calm by Wed morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Thu afternoon, min -28°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Sat 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
-13°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
15
Light winds from the E
(15 kph at 90).
7.0 km
Low: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-11°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, above eye level.
63
Gales from the ESE
(63 kph at 120).
0.4 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB198E66S
1787 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the WSW
(35 kph at 256).
- km
ASCATB199E66S
1807 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the N
(48 kph at 5).
- km
ASCATC199E66S
1811 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the ENE
(40 kph at 57).
- km
ASCATB200E66S
1821 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the NNE
(37 kph at 14).
- km
ASCATC200E66S
1822 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the NNE
(44 kph at 15).
- km
ASCATC201E66S
1837 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the NNE
(35 kph at 19).
- km
ASCATB201E66S
1843 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the NNE
(34 kph at 16).
- km
ASCATB203E66S
1864 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
52
Near gales from the NNE
(52 kph at 24).
- 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.