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Copiapo
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 7 pm Sun 09 Aug 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 afternoon. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue afternoon, min -19°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the NW on Mon afternoon, near gales from the NW by Tue morning).										Days 5–7 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Fri afternoon, min -22°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (gales from the WNW on Wed night, extremely windy from the NW by Sat afternoon).
		Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)	7050	6800	6500	6250	4350	4350	4350	4350	4400	4400	4400	4350	4500	6750	6450	4500
km/h	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
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cm	—	—	—	1	7	15	17	23	35	13	12	10	6	—	—	1
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-17	-16	-16	-17	-16	-15	-16	-17	-17	-19	-18	-18	-18	-18	-17	-19
min °C	-17	-17	-16	-17	-17	-16	-18	-17	-19	-20	-19	-19	-20	-20	-17	-22
chill °C	-34	-34	-33	-34	-34	-31	-36	-35	-38	-38	-36	-37	-39	-39	-35	-42

Freezing level m	3650	4000	4000	3800	3700	3800	3400	3600	3350	2850	3350	3450	2950	3400	3500	2350

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Copiapo Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Copiapo is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue afternoon, min -19°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the NW on Mon afternoon, near gales from the NW by Tue morning).

Copiapo Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Fri afternoon, min -22°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (gales from the WNW on Wed night, extremely windy from the NW by Sat afternoon).

This table gives the weather forecast for Copiapo at the specific elevation of 6052 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 Atacama Airport 162 km WSW 204m alt. 2 hours ago	11° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Wind obs. (6 kph from 30 degs) was rejected.	Low: no cloud
Yunka Suma 311 km E 1450m alt. 1 hour ago	3° C	Dry	Calm (5 kph at 90).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 322 km SE 429m alt. 2 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Calm (4 kph at 290).	0.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered
Bella Vista Ambato 334 km ESE 1474m alt. 44 minutes ago	3° C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 0).
Vicuña wx 339 km S 696m alt. 54 minutes ago	14° C	-	Calm (5 kph at 92).
San Fernando del Valle de 353 km ESE 577m alt. 58 minutes ago	12° C	Dry	Light winds from the NNW (13 kph at 338).
La Seren / a Florida Airport 354 km SSW 212m alt. 2 hours ago	10° C	-	Light winds from the SE (6 kph at 130).	10.0 km
Catamarca Airport 361 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	13° C	Dry and cloudy.	Moderate winds from the E (24 kph at 90).	10.0 km Low: overcast
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 404 km E 563m alt. 2 hours ago	11° C	Dry and cloudy.	Light winds from the S (9 kph at 180).	9.0 km Low: overcast Mid: broken
Antofagasta Airpor / erro Moreno 449 km NW 710m alt. 2 hours ago	16° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the WNW (7 kph at 290).	10.0 km Low: broken

* 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.