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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Thu 15 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Fri night, min -32°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, near gales from the S by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon morning, min -26°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (near gales from the S on Sun afternoon, stormy winds from the S by Tue night).

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
mod snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
Cloud base (m)
100
100
150
400
200
450
1150
1400
1250
350
300
1100
1150
400
300
400
500
500
km/h
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
5
NE
10
W
30
S
30
SE
20
SSE
45
S
60
S
60
S
70
S
70
S
75
S
60
S
70
S
80
S
90
S
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
3
10
4
6
10
2
1
7
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-31
-32
-28
-26
-25
-24
-26
-25
-25
-24
-23
-23
-22
-23
-24
-24
-26
-24
min °C
-31
-32
-31
-27
-25
-25
-26
-25
-27
-26
-23
-25
-23
-24
-24
-24
-26
-25
 chill °C
-46
-47
-45
-27
-34
-39
-40
-36
-45
-45
-40
-44
-42
-43
-43
-43
-47
-46
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-32-30-27-25-25-26-25-26-25-23-24-23-24-24-24-26-25-28-28-27-24-22-21-22-21-22-21-20-20-19-19-19-20-21-20-21-23-22-20-18-17-16-16-15-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-14-17-16-20-15-12-12-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-7
Sunrise
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
Sunset
—
—
11:20
—
—
11:32
—
—
11:46
12:00
—
—
12:02
—
—
12:21
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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Fri night, min -32°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, near gales from the S by Sat night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon morning, min -26°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (near gales from the S on Sun afternoon, stormy winds from the S by Tue 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
-22°C
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 50 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
11
Light winds from the ESE
(11 kph at 120).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
2 hours ago
-21°C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 200).
40 km
Mid: scattered
1297 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
2.0 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-14°C
-
2
Calm
(2 kph at 40).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
1533 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
2.0 km
Mid: overcast
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
hy2c176E64S
1679 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the S
(48 kph at 172).
- km
hy2c180E64S
1679 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the ENE
(38 kph at 62).
- km
hy2c177E64S
1679 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the SSE
(40 kph at 148).
- 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.