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Mount Discovery Weather Forecast

Transantarctic Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 12 pm Wed 28 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -31°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sat night, min -27°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Mon night).

Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
cloudy
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
1800
1000
200
200
1200
550
200
200
100
0
400
250
100
km/h
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
35
S
65
SSW
30
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
5
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
N
10
N
15
SSE
30
SSW
35
SSW
50
SW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
3
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
2
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-31
-30
-27
-26
-27
-28
-30
-29
-26
-25
-24
-23
-23
-23
-24
-26
-27
-27
min °C
-31
-30
-29
-26
-28
-29
-30
-30
-28
-26
-24
-24
-23
-23
-26
-27
-27
-27
 chill °C
-45
-45
-43
-41
-44
-43
-44
-40
-34
-32
-33
-31
-32
-31
-40
-41
-42
-44
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-31-30-28-26-28-29-30-30-27-26-24-24-23-23-25-27-27-27-27-26-24-22-24-25-26-26-24-22-21-20-19-19-21-22-22-23-21-19-17-15-18-20-21-21-20-18-16-15-15-14-15-16-15-16-15-14-14-11-11-14-13-14-16-13-11-14-11-10-12-9-8-10
Sunrise
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
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Sunset
12:00
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—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
12:00
—
—
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 afternoon. Extremely cold (max -26°C on Thu morning, min -31°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the SSW on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri night).

Mount Discovery Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -23°C on Sat night, min -27°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the SW 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
-15°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
19
Light winds from the NNW
(19 kph at 340).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
Williams Field
72 km NE
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-15°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
15
Light winds from the N
(15 kph at 350).
10.0 km
Low: broken
2674 km N
6m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
No report.
Wind obs. (31 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
ASCATB262E71S
2695 km SE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
25
Moderate winds from the ENE
(25 kph at 78).
- km
ASCATB263E71S
2718 km SE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
27
Moderate winds from the ENE
(27 kph at 68).
- km
ASCATB264E71S
2742 km SE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
29
Fresh winds from the ENE
(29 kph at 67).
- km
ASCATB265E71S
2756 km SE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the ENE
(33 kph at 60).
- km
ASCATB266E71S
2781 km SE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the ENE
(33 kph at 60).
- km
ASCATB267E71S
2789 km SE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the ENE
(33 kph at 60).
- km
ASCATB262E70S
2797 km SE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the ENE
(26 kph at 74).
- 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.