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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 5 pm Mon 14 Sep 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 -26°C on Mon afternoon, min -33°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SSW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -32°C on Sat morning, min -35°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Fri morning, strong winds from the SSE by Sat morning).

Mon
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
snow showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
50
100
200
400
1400
1200
1550
2000
1350
4150
1200
1050
1450
1250
1250
1450
1200
km/h
70
SSW
60
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
40
SSW
25
S
15
SSW
10
NW
35
NNW
35
NNE
30
N
10
NE
20
E
35
SSE
50
SSE
35
S
30
S
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Weather map
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Snowflake cm
4
3
 mm
max °C
-26
-27
-28
-29
-30
-31
-32
-32
-32
-33
-34
-35
-33
-33
-32
-32
-32
min °C
-27
-28
-28
-29
-32
-32
-32
-32
-33
-34
-35
-35
-34
-33
-33
-32
-33
 chill °C
-49
-47
-44
-43
-47
-47
-44
-40
-52
-52
-50
-46
-48
-49
-53
-50
-48
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-27-28-28-29-31-32-32-32-33-34-35-35-34-33-33-32-33-22-24-25-26-28-29-29-29-30-32-32-33-32-31-30-28-28-16-20-22-23-24-26-25-26-28-29-30-31-31-28-26-24-22-10-15-19-19-20-21-23-25-27-28-29-27-27-23-20-17-17
Sunrise
7:45
7:37
7:28
7:20
7:13
Sunset
6:00
6:08
6:15
6:22
6:30
6:37

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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 -26°C on Mon afternoon, min -33°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SSW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -32°C on Sat morning, min -35°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Fri morning, strong winds from the SSE 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.
3 hours ago
-15°C
light snow
Light snow.
15
Light winds from the N.(Wind varies from 320 to 020 degs)
(15 kph at 350).
9.0 km
Low: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (26 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
1.2 km
High: scattered
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB234E67S
2478 km E
15m alt.
4 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the NNW
(47 kph at 337).
- km
ASCATB235E67S
2508 km E
15m alt.
4 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the NNW
(46 kph at 335).
- km
ASCATB236E67S
2524 km E
15m alt.
4 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the NNW
(46 kph at 335).
- km
ASCATB237E67S
2553 km E
15m alt.
4 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the NNW
(43 kph at 336).
- km
ASCATC237E67S
2553 km E
15m alt.
4 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the NNW
(42 kph at 336).
- km
ASCATB238E67S
2569 km E
15m alt.
4 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the NNW
(43 kph at 335).
- km
ASCATB234E66S
2572 km E
15m alt.
4 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the NNW
(44 kph at 341).
- 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.