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Descabezado Grande
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 1 pm Sun 23 Aug Local Time
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Issued: 1 pm Sun 23 Aug Local Time

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4 Descabezado Grande Elevations: 4 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Sun night, min -12°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Sun night, extremely windy from the NW by Tue night).											Days 5–7 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Wed night, min -16°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (gales from the NW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the W by Sat morning).
	Sun 23		Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	snow shwrs	clear	clear	snow shwrs	heavy snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	mod. snow
Cloud base (m)	5650	8500	5050		4050	2250	2250	2250	2250	2250		2400	2250	2300	2250	2250	2300
km/h	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
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cm	—	—	—	—	1	24	31	39	97	7	—	—	2	12	16	16	7
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-4	-3	-3	-4	-3	-7	-7	-9	-12	-13	-12	-13	-14	-15	-16	-15	-15
min °C	-4	-3	-3	-5	-6	-7	-8	-11	-12	-14	-13	-13	-14	-16	-16	-15	-16
chill °C	-13	-9	-12	-15	-18	-19	-22	-27	-27	-29	-26	-25	-27	-30	-30	-29	-28

Freezing level m	3450	3550	3400	3000	3200	2500	2600	2150	1800	1800	900	2000	1850	1750	1800	1850	1500

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	6:15	—	—	6:16	—	—	6:17	—	—	6:17	—	—	6:19	—	—	6:20	—

Descabezado Grande Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Descabezado Grande is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Sun night, min -12°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Sun night, extremely windy from the NW by Tue night).

Descabezado Grande Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Wed night, min -16°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (gales from the NW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the W by Sat morning).

This table gives the weather forecast for Descabezado Grande at the specific elevation of 3953 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Descabezado Grande. 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
Curicó/General Freire Airport 80 km NW 95m alt. 3 hours ago	18°C	Haze -.	Wind obs. (6 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.	3.0 km Low: no significant cloud
Curico-General Freire Airport 80 km NW 95m alt. 3 hours ago	18°C	Haze -.	Wind obs. (6 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.	3.0 km Low: no significant cloud
Malargue Airport 108 km E 1425m alt. 3 hours ago	8°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the N (6 kph at 0).	10.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered
Nilahue - La Quebrada 136 km WNW 122m alt. 2 hours ago		No report.
De La Independencia Airport 157 km N 63m alt. 3 hours ago	19°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Wind obs. (9 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.	9.0 km Low: no significant cloud
Chilla / eneral Bernardo O'Higgins Airport 158 km SSW 161m alt. 3 hours ago	14°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Calm (4 kph at 20).	7.0 km Low: no significant cloud
Chillan 161 km SSW 156m alt. 2 hours ago	11°C	No report.	Wind obs. (140 kph from 30 degs) was rejected.
San Rafael wx 169 km NW 66m alt. 1 hour ago	16°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 44).
Chillán Mayulermo 171 km SSW 377m alt. 2 hours ago	8°C	No report.	Wind obs. (97 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
San José Guayacán 221 km N 930m alt. 2 hours ago	6°C	No report.	Wind obs. (14 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.

* 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.