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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 pm Wed 28 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Sat morning, min -30°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu morning, calm by Fri night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun morning, min -26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
light snow
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
1550
1000
200
250
1150
600
200
3300
50
100
100
100
1250
250
km/h
30
SSW
25
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
N
10
N
10
SSE
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
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Snowflake cm
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3
4
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-30
-26
-26
-27
-28
-30
-28
-26
-25
-24
-24
-23
-23
-24
-26
-26
-26
min °C
-30
-29
-26
-28
-30
-30
-29
-27
-26
-24
-24
-24
-23
-26
-26
-26
-26
 chill °C
-45
-43
-41
-42
-45
-44
-39
-34
-33
-32
-29
-32
-30
-37
-36
-38
-38
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-30-28-26-28-29-30-29-27-26-24-24-24-23-25-26-26-26-26-23-22-24-25-26-26-24-22-21-20-20-19-21-22-22-22-19-17-15-18-20-21-21-19-17-15-15-15-15-15-16-16-15-13-14-11-12-14-14-14-16-12-11-14-11-11-12-10-9-12
Sunrise
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—
12:00
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12:00
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12:00
—
—
12:00
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12:00
—
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Sunset
12:00
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12:00
—
—
12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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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 -25°C on Sat morning, min -30°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu morning, calm by Fri night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sun morning, min -26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

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
-16°C
moderate snow
Low drifting moderate snow.
Wind obs. (35 kph from 350 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
High: broken
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-10°C
-
22
Moderate winds from the ESE
(22 kph at 120).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 100 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB187E64S
1806 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NE
(32 kph at 44).
- km
ASCATB186E64S
1806 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the NE
(31 kph at 46).
- km
ASCATC188E64S
1824 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
63
Gales from the NE
(63 kph at 53).
- km
ASCATB188E64S
1825 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the NNE
(46 kph at 32).
- km
ASCATB189E64S
1835 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
59
Near gales from the NE
(59 kph at 40).
- km
ASCATC189E64S
1843 km NE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
61
Near gales from the NE
(61 kph at 53).
- km
ASCATB190E64S
1856 km NE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
66
Gales from the NE
(66 kph at 52).
- 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.