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Copiapo Weather Forecast

Central Argentina-Chile · Chile

Issued: 8 pm Wed 14 Oct Local Time

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Issued: 8 pm Wed 14 Oct Local Time

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4 Copiapo Elevations: 4 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Fri afternoon, min -15°C on Wed night). Mainly severe gales.										Days 5–7 Weather Summary A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Sun afternoon, min -14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (strong winds from the W on Sun morning, stormy winds from the NW by Tue afternoon).
		Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	heavy snow	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Cloud base (m)	4350	4400	4450	8650	5600	5500	5150	5050	5150	6500	6000	5500	6450	6950	5950	5350
km/h	WNW	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW
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cm	19	3	1	—	—	—	4	1	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	4
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-14	-12	-11	-14	-10	-9	-11	-10	-10	-12	-11	-10	-10	-12	-12	-13
min °C	-15	-14	-11	-15	-12	-10	-12	-12	-10	-13	-11	-10	-14	-13	-12	-14
chill °C	-30	-29	-26	-28	-25	-24	-26	-26	-24	-26	-23	-22	-29	-28	-26	-28

Freezing level m	3300	3150	3950	2600	3600	4200	3800	3750	4200	3650	3900	4100	3850	3650	3950	3700

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Copiapo Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Copiapo is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Fri afternoon, min -15°C on Wed night). Mainly severe gales.

Copiapo Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Sun afternoon, min -14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (strong winds from the W on Sun morning, stormy winds from the NW by Tue afternoon).

This table gives the weather forecast for Copiapo at the specific elevation of 5500 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Copiapo. 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 Chile.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather Station	Temp.	Weather	Wind	Cloud Visibility Cloud / Visibility
Desierto de Atacama Airport 164 km WSW 197m alt. 1 hour ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the WSW (19 kph at 240).	0.0 km Low: few Mid: broken
Yunka Suma 311 km E 1450m alt. 1 hour ago	9°C	Dry	Calm (2 kph at 315).
Chapilca 317 km S 961m alt. 2 hours ago	14°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 248).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 322 km SE 429m alt. 2 hours ago	19°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Calm (0 kph at 0).	10.0 km Low: few Mid: broken
Bella Vista Ambato 334 km ESE 1474m alt. 49 minutes ago	9°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 180).
Vicuña wx 339 km S 696m alt. 1 hour ago	16°C	-	Calm (3 kph at 272).
San Antonio wx 348 km ESE 973m alt. 53 minutes ago	11°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 158).
San Fernando del Valle de 353 km ESE 577m alt. 48 minutes ago	14°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 23).
La Seren / a Florida Airport 354 km SSW 212m alt. 1 hour ago	16°C	State of sky unchanged.	Light winds from the NW (13 kph at 320).	30 km Mid: scattered
Catamarca Airport 361 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	15°C	Mist -.	Calm (4 kph at 40).	5.0 km Low: scattered Mid: scattered High: overcast

* 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.