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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Wed 14 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Fri morning, min -31°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the S by Fri afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Sun night, min -25°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSE on Sat afternoon, severe gales from the S by Mon morning).

Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
night
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PM
night
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PM
night
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PM
night
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
snow showers
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
3850
2000
500
300
100
150
600
1300
1600
450
1550
1400
1200
1450
1100
km/h
15
S
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
SSE
35
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
25
SE
30
S
35
SSE
55
S
60
SSE
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Snowflake cm
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1
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1
3
 mm
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max °C
-30
-31
-31
-30
-30
-30
-26
-24
-24
-23
-25
-24
-24
-24
-23
-21
min °C
-31
-31
-31
-31
-30
-30
-29
-25
-24
-24
-25
-25
-25
-25
-23
-23
 chill °C
-41
-41
-44
-46
-44
-45
-44
-36
-38
-39
-41
-38
-40
-40
-40
-41
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
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4:31
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4:20
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4:07
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3:55
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12:00
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Sunset
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11:07
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11:20
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11:32
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11:46
12:00
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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 morning, min -31°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the S by Fri afternoon).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Extremely cold (max -21°C on Sun night, min -25°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSE on Sat afternoon, severe gales from the S by Mon morning).

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
-31°C
clear
-
15
Light winds from the E
(15 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
High: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-26°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
19
Light winds from the E.(Wind varies from 050 to 120 degs)
(19 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
DomeA
1660 km SSW
4084m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
ASCATC124E65S
2047 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
20
Moderate winds from the NW
(20 kph at 307).
- km
ASCATC125E64S
2076 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the NW
(28 kph at 305).
- km
ASCATC122E64S
2126 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the NW
(26 kph at 305).
- km
ASCATC124E64S
2148 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the NW
(38 kph at 312).
- km
ASCATC124E63S
2161 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NW
(32 kph at 305).
- km
ASCATC123E64S
2167 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the WNW
(46 kph at 303).
- km
ASCATC123E63S
2234 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the W
(44 kph at 266).
- 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.