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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 am Tue 27 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Thu morning, min -33°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Mon night, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sat morning, min -29°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
snow showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
300
1400
1300
1250
1750
1650
1150
2100
1850
250
100
200
650
3450
150
150
km/h
10
NNW
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
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Snowflake cm
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1
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—
—
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 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-31
-33
-33
-33
-32
-30
-28
-27
-27
-28
-29
-27
-25
-24
-24
-24
min °C
-32
-33
-33
-33
-32
-31
-29
-27
-27
-29
-29
-28
-27
-25
-24
-24
 chill °C
-43
-45
-47
-48
-48
-46
-42
-37
-38
-36
-36
-36
-36
-34
-31
-30
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-32-33-33-33-32-31-29-27-27-29-29-28-26-25-24-24-29-30-29-28-27-26-24-23-23-25-25-25-23-21-20-20-24-23-23-21-20-19-17-16-17-19-20-19-18-16-14-15-19-16-15-17-14-13-15-12-11-13-13-12-15-12-10-13
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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Mount Discovery Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Discovery is: Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -27°C on Thu morning, min -33°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Mon night, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -24°C on Sat morning, min -29°C on Thu 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
Phoenix Field- McMurdo Station
61 km NE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
22
Moderate winds from the E
(22 kph at 90).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
High: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-19°C
clear
Haze -.
24
Moderate winds from the ENE
(24 kph at 60).
5.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
1297 km S
3012m alt.
4 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (20 kph from 360 degs) was rejected.
8.0 km
Mid: few
High: broken
1533 km S
2835m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (20 kph from 360 degs) was rejected.
28 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATC158E63S
1787 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
10
Light winds from the ENE
(10 kph at 67).
- km
ASCATB157E63S
1788 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
12
Light winds from the SW
(12 kph at 233).
- km
ASCATC157E63S
1788 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
13
Light winds from the SE
(13 kph at 130).
- km
ASCATC156E63S
1795 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
20
Moderate winds from the ESE
(20 kph at 104).
- km
ASCATB156E63S
1797 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
20
Moderate winds from the W
(20 kph at 261).
- km
ASCATB155E63S
1803 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the W
(23 kph at 267).
- 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.