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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 6 am Thu 15 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Fri night, min -31°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, near gales from the SSE by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon morning, min -26°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (near gales from the S on Sun morning, stormy winds from the S by Mon night).

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
mod snow
cloudy
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
mod. snow
Cloud base (m)
100
100
150
600
350
1300
1100
150
500
250
1100
550
1150
300
250
400
450
km/h
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
10
E
10
WNW
25
SSW
35
SSE
35
S
40
S
55
S
55
SSE
65
S
65
SSE
75
S
70
S
80
S
80
SSW
75
SSW
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Snowflake cm
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
2
8
4
4
9
4
4
8
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-30
-31
-29
-27
-25
-24
-26
-25
-26
-24
-23
-23
-22
-23
-23
-23
-26
-24
min °C
-31
-31
-31
-28
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
-26
-23
-24
-23
-24
-25
-24
-26
-25
 chill °C
-46
-46
-45
-37
-32
-38
-41
-42
-42
-44
-40
-42
-41
-44
-44
-44
-47
-45
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-31-30-28-25-25-26-26-26-25-23-24-23-24-24-24-26-25-27-28-27-24-22-21-22-22-22-21-19-20-19-19-20-20-21-21-21-22-22-20-18-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-15-14-13-13-13-14-16-16-18-15-12-12-9-10-10-7-7-7-8-7-6-6-6-7
Sunrise
4:20
—
—
4:07
—
—
3:55
—
—
12:00
—
—
3:24
—
—
3:04
—
—
Sunset
—
—
11:20
—
—
11:32
—
—
11:46
12:00
—
—
12:02
—
—
12:21
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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 -24°C on Fri night, min -31°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, near gales from the SSE by Sat night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Extremely cold (max -22°C on Mon morning, min -26°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (near gales from the S on Sun morning, stormy winds from the S by Mon 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.
2 hours ago
light snow
Light snow.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-23°C
light snow
Light snow.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
0.2 km
Mid: overcast
Jang Bogo Station
419 km N
29m alt.
1 hour ago
-25°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 250).
40 km
Mid: scattered
1297 km S
3012m alt.
1 hour ago
-37°C
moderate snow
Ice crystals.
Wind obs. (17 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
6.0 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
1525 km WNW
111m alt.
1 hour ago
-17°C
-
13
Light winds from the ESE
(13 kph at 110).
1533 km S
2835m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
26 km
Mid: overcast
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB204E66S
1854 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the SSW
(57 kph at 205).
- km
ASCATB203E66S
1865 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
57
Near gales from the SSW
(57 kph at 208).
- km
ASCATB203E65S
1873 km ENE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
54
Near gales from the SSW
(54 kph at 206).
- 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.