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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sun 18 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

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

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Thu afternoon, min -26°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Thu night, severe gales from the SSW by Fri afternoon).

Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1350
450
300
300
450
550
450
1400
550
600
500
1550
500
1350
400
km/h
30
S
40
S
55
S
65
S
80
S
75
S
75
S
45
SSW
60
S
55
S
55
S
45
S
35
S
50
SSW
45
SSE
30
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
2
8
4
2
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-25
-26
-23
-22
-22
-23
-24
-25
-25
-26
-26
-25
-24
-24
-22
-23
min °C
-26
-27
-25
-24
-22
-23
-24
-25
-26
-26
-26
-26
-25
-25
-23
-24
 chill °C
-40
-43
-43
-42
-41
-42
-44
-41
-45
-44
-44
-43
-40
-42
-40
-37
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-26-27-24-23-22-23-24-25-26-26-26-26-25-25-23-24-22-22-21-19-19-19-19-21-21-22-21-21-20-20-18-19-17-15-14-13-14-13-13-14-14-14-15-14-14-14-13-13-13-8-7-7-7-6-7-8-7-8-9-8-10-7-6-10
Sunrise
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
2:41
—
—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
—
12:00
—
—
12:02
—
—
12:21
—
—
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 Sun morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat night, severe gales from the S by Mon morning).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Thu afternoon, min -26°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Thu night, severe gales from the SSW by Fri afternoon).

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
-12°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
15
Light winds from the SE
(15 kph at 130).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
3 hours ago
-17°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 30).
40 km
Mid: scattered
Vostok
1253 km SW
3490m alt.
3 hours ago
-
25
Moderate winds from the SW
(25 kph at 220).
2 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
light snow
Snow grains.
Wind obs. (24 kph from 310 degs) was rejected.
3.6 km
High: scattered
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-20°C
-
65
Gales from the SSE
(65 kph at 150).
1533 km S
2835m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (24 kph from 310 degs) was rejected.
3.6 km
Mid: overcast
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB156E63S
1792 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
62
Gales from the NW
(62 kph at 313).
- km
ASCATB155E63S
1801 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the NW
(51 kph at 310).
- km
ASCATC168E62S
1805 km N
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the WNW
(40 kph at 298).
- 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.