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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Tue 20 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Mon night, min -26°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon night, fresh winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Thu night, min -28°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
mod snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
mod. snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1200
450
1150
1350
1300
200
450
1400
1400
400
1300
km/h
80
S
55
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
55
S
50
S
40
S
40
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
10
SSW
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
7
1
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—
—
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-23
-24
-24
-25
-25
-26
-24
-25
-24
-24
-26
-27
-27
-27
-27
-27
min °C
-24
-24
-25
-25
-26
-26
-25
-25
-24
-25
-26
-27
-27
-27
-27
-28
 chill °C
-43
-42
-43
-42
-44
-44
-42
-41
-38
-38
-35
-36
-37
-39
-39
-37
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-24-24-25-25-26-26-25-25-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-28-19-19-20-20-21-21-21-21-20-21-22-22-23-24-24-24-12-12-13-13-14-14-15-14-13-15-16-16-18-19-19-20-6-6-6-8-7-8-9-7-7-11-11-12-15-14-13-16
Sunrise
—
3:04
—
—
2:41
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
Sunset
—
12:21
—
—
12:45
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—
12:00
—
—
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 moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Mon night, min -26°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the S on Mon night, fresh winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Thu night, min -28°C on Sat 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
1297 km S
3012m alt.
3 hours ago
light snow
Snow grains.
Wind obs. (28 kph from 340 degs) was rejected.
1.6 km
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB178E64S
1670 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the SW
(30 kph at 219).
- km
ASCATC182E64S
1685 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
53
Near gales from the SW
(53 kph at 226).
- km
ASCATB176E64S
1691 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the SW
(23 kph at 215).
- km
ASCATC176E64S
1693 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the SW
(24 kph at 218).
- km
ASCATC175E64S
1693 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the SW
(30 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATC177E64S
1701 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the SSW
(22 kph at 208).
- km
ASCATB177E64S
1702 km NNE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
21
Moderate winds from the SSE
(21 kph at 165).
- km
ASCATC178E64S
1711 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the SW
(26 kph at 217).
- 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.