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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 11 am Thu 17 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -29°C on Sat afternoon, min -34°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu night, severe gales from the SSE by Fri night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Mon night, min -32°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon night, near gales from the S by Tue night).

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
Cloud base (m)
50
150
1400
1700
1350
1050
1650
1100
1150
1400
500
450
1550
1700
1300
300
1100
km/h
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
20
E
35
SE
70
SSE
60
SSE
55
S
45
S
35
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
ESE
50
SE
60
S
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
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Snowflake cm
1
2
3
 mm
max °C
-30
-32
-33
-33
-31
-31
-30
-29
-29
-29
-30
-30
-31
-30
-28
-29
-29
-32
min °C
-31
-32
-34
-33
-32
-32
-30
-29
-30
-29
-30
-31
-31
-30
-30
-29
-31
-32
 chill °C
-44
-45
-49
-47
-49
-53
-50
-48
-47
-45
-43
-40
-40
-41
-42
-43
-51
-53
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-32-34-33-32-32-30-29-30-29-30-31-31-30-29-29-30-32-29-30-32-31-30-29-28-26-26-25-25-26-26-26-26-27-28-30-28-30-31-31-29-27-25-23-20-19-19-20-19-19-21-23-25-26-27-28-28-27-24-21-18-16-15-13-14-15-17-18-19-18-20-20
Sunrise
7:28
7:20
7:13
7:05
6:56
6:50
Sunset
6:22
6:30
6:37
6:45
6:52
6:59

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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 -29°C on Sat afternoon, min -34°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu night, severe gales from the SSE by Fri night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Extremely cold (max -28°C on Mon night, min -32°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon night, near gales 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-22°C
light snow
Light snow.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
1.3 km
Mid: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
4 hours ago
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (26 kph from 10 degs) was rejected.
1.4 km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (6 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB125E64S
2106 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the W
(54 kph at 264).
- km
ASCATB124E64S
2119 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the WSW
(48 kph at 258).
- km
ASCATB125E63S
2139 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the W
(50 kph at 259).
- km
ASCATB124E63S
2157 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the W
(46 kph at 264).
- km
ASCATB125E62S
2241 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the W
(50 kph at 270).
- km
ASCATB124E62S
2259 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
59
Near gales from the W
(59 kph at 277).
- km
ASCATB121E63S
2264 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the W
(46 kph at 269).
- 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.