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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Sun 04 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Tue afternoon, min -33°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Sun afternoon, near gales from the S by Mon afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Tue night, min -27°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2300
400
50
50
100
100
300
1150
1550
1100
1550
1550
1650
1750
km/h
45
SW
30
SSW
20
S
40
SSW
55
SSE
60
S
55
SSE
40
SE
20
SSE
20
S
30
SW
20
S
15
ENE
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
4
2
4
4
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-32
-30
-28
-26
-27
-28
-26
-23
-22
-22
-23
-23
-23
-23
-24
-24
min °C
-33
-31
-29
-27
-27
-28
-28
-25
-22
-23
-23
-23
-23
-24
-24
-25
 chill °C
-51
-47
-42
-42
-46
-47
-47
-40
-33
-35
-37
-34
-33
-33
-33
-35
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-33-31-29-27-27-28-27-24-22-23-23-23-23-24-24-25-29-26-25-23-24-24-24-21-19-18-18-19-20-21-21-23-23-19-18-18-20-19-19-16-14-12-12-12-15-17-18-20-22-18-16-14-13-13-15-12-10-10-7-8-12-13-14-19
Sunrise
—
6:07
—
—
6:00
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:41
—
—
5:33
—
—
Sunset
—
—
9:34
—
—
9:42
—
—
9:50
—
—
9:59
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—
—
10:07

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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Tue afternoon, min -33°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Sun afternoon, near gales from the S by Mon afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Tue night, min -27°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

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
-18°C
clear
Clear
26
Moderate winds from the N.(Wind varies from 300 to 020 degs)
(26 kph at 350).
10.0 km
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-18°C
-
15
Light winds from the ESE
(15 kph at 120).
ASCATC144E63S
1915 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the NNW
(37 kph at 339).
- km
ASCATC143E63S
1925 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
37
Fresh winds from the NNW
(37 kph at 339).
- km
ASCATC142E63S
1936 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the NNW
(40 kph at 334).
- km
ASCATB142E63S
1940 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
41
Strong winds from the NNW
(41 kph at 339).
- km
ASCATB141E63S
1949 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
53
Near gales from the NNW
(53 kph at 330).
- km
ASCATC141E63S
1955 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the NW
(47 kph at 321).
- km
ASCATC145E62S
1956 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
34
Fresh winds from the NNW
(34 kph at 336).
- km
ASCATB140E63S
1964 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
40
Strong winds from the NW
(40 kph at 320).
- 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.