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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

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

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue night, min -25°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Tue night, near gales from the S by Thu night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Fri night, min -28°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Fri night, calm by Sun morning).

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
500
1950
1100
1450
1100
1300
450
350
500
200
450
300
400
1350
1650
400
km/h
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
30
S
50
SSW
50
S
55
S
55
S
40
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
N
15
NW
10
WNW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
2
2
2
2
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-24
-25
-25
-25
-25
-26
-25
-25
-26
-26
-26
min °C
-24
-24
-25
-25
-24
-24
-25
-25
-25
-26
-26
-25
-26
-26
-26
-27
 chill °C
-34
-34
-36
-38
-41
-41
-43
-43
-41
-39
-36
-33
-34
-26
-36
-34
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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12:00
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Sunset
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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 light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Tue night, min -25°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Tue night, near gales from the S by Thu night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -25°C on Fri night, min -28°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Fri night, calm by Sun 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
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-12°C
clear
Clear
15
Light winds from the N.(Wind varies from 170 to 020 degs)
(15 kph at 0).
10.0 km
Amundsen-Scott Airport
1297 km S
507m alt.
2 hours ago
-47°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
15
Light winds from the NE
(15 kph at 50).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
ASCATB180E65S
1625 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
55
Near gales from the SW
(55 kph at 220).
- km
ASCATB181E65S
1627 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
55
Near gales from the SW
(55 kph at 224).
- km
ASCATB181E64S
1663 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
53
Near gales from the SW
(53 kph at 225).
- km
ASCATB175E64S
1690 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the SW
(44 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATB176E64S
1698 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
44
Strong winds from the SW
(44 kph at 229).
- km
ASCATB177E64S
1699 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the SW
(46 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATB178E64S
1709 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the SW
(46 kph at 228).
- km
ASCATB180E64S
1709 km NNE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the SW
(52 kph at 230).
- 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.