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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Tue 29 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Wed night, min -36°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Wed afternoon, gales from the S by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Fri afternoon, min -35°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Fri morning, calm by Sun night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
some clouds
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
4900
4600
3100
1900
300
150
1350
1650
200
250
2050
150
150
km/h
20
SSW
25
SSE
40
S
25
SSW
10
S
15
SE
30
S
55
SSW
65
S
30
S
10
SW
20
NW
10
WNW
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
3
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-35
-35
-35
-33
-32
-31
-31
-32
-33
-32
-30
-30
-33
-34
-34
-32
-31
-31
min °C
-35
-35
-36
-34
-32
-31
-31
-32
-34
-33
-31
-32
-33
-35
-35
-33
-31
-31
 chill °C
-49
-51
-55
-49
-43
-42
-46
-53
-56
-50
-41
-44
-42
-49
-51
-46
-38
-38
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-35-35-36-34-32-31-31-32-34-33-31-31-33-35-35-33-31-31-32-32-32-30-28-27-26-29-31-30-27-28-30-32-31-30-28-28-30-29-26-24-23-21-20-24-27-24-23-25-26-27-26-24-24-25-26-25-24-21-20-18-15-17-20-19-20-24-22-24-26-23-23-26
Sunrise
6:50
—
—
6:41
—
—
6:33
—
—
6:24
—
—
6:16
—
—
6:07
—
—
Sunset
—
8:54
—
—
9:01
—
—
9:09
—
—
9:17
—
—
9:25
—
—
9:34
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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 Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -31°C on Wed night, min -36°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Wed afternoon, gales from the S by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Fri afternoon, min -35°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Fri morning, calm by Sun 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.
3 hours ago
-32°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-28°C
clear
Clear
24
Moderate winds from the E
(24 kph at 90).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-19°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 200).
40 km
Mid: few
Casey
2163 km WSW
42m alt.
2 hours ago
-12°C
snow showers
Light snow showers.
13
Light winds from the NE
(13 kph at 50).
32 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATC115E62S
2499 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
20
Moderate winds from the WNW
(20 kph at 284).
- km
ASCATC114E62S
2524 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
10
Light winds from the WNW
(10 kph at 285).
- km
ASCATC115E61S
2558 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the NNW
(28 kph at 326).
- km
ASCATC113E62S
2558 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
11
Light winds from the SSE
(11 kph at 164).
- km
ASCATC112E62S
2565 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
12
Light winds from the SSE
(12 kph at 164).
- km
ASCATC114E61S
2584 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the NNW
(28 kph at 329).
- 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.