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Descabezado Grande
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 1 pm Sat 08 Aug Local Time
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Issued: 1 pm Sat 08 Aug Local Time

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4 Descabezado Grande Elevations: 4 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Mon afternoon, min -18°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun night, gales from the NNW by Tue morning).											Days 5–7 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Wed night, min -12°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed night, severe gales from the NW by Thu afternoon).
	Sat 8		Sunday 9			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	mod. snow	mod. snow
Cloud base (m)	2250	2250					2450	2350	2400	2300	2300	3400	2300	2300	2700	2300	2300
km/h	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW
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cm	6	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	7	8
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-18	-17	-16	-13	-12	-11	-10	-10	-11	-12	-10	-10	-10	-7	-7	-7	-8
min °C	-18	-18	-16	-14	-14	-11	-11	-11	-11	-12	-11	-11	-10	-10	-7	-8	-9
chill °C	-34	-34	-30	-27	-26	-24	-24	-24	-24	-26	-25	-24	-22	-21	-19	-21	-22

Freezing level m	1150	400	1100	1350	400	1500	2050	1550	1900	1850	1700	2350	2350	2500	2850	2700	2600

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	6:05	—	—	6:06	—	—	6:06	—	—	6:07	—	—	6:07	—	—	6:08	—

Descabezado Grande Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Descabezado Grande is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Mon afternoon, min -18°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun night, gales from the NNW by Tue morning).

Descabezado Grande Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Wed night, min -12°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed night, severe gales from the NW by Thu afternoon).

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
Curico-General Freire Airport 80 km NW 231m alt. 2 hours ago	11° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SSW.(Wind varies from 170 to 230 degs) (13 kph at 200).	8.0 km Low: broken
Malargue Airport 108 km E 1425m alt. 2 hours ago	3° C	-	Light winds from the W (6 kph at 270).	10.0 km Low: few
Nilahue - La Quebrada 136 km WNW 122m alt. 3 hours ago		No report.
De La Independencia Airport 157 km N 63m alt. 2 hours ago	8° C	No report.	Wind obs. (7 kph from 30 degs) was rejected.	10.0 km Low: broken
Chilla / eneral Bernardo O'Higgins Airport 158 km SSW 161m alt. 2 hours ago	6° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the NNW (9 kph at 330).	9.0 km Low: scattered Mid: broken
San Rafael wx 169 km NW 66m alt. 1 hour ago	9° C	Dry	Calm (2 kph at 79).
Chillán Mayulermo 171 km SSW 377m alt. 3 hours ago	8° C	No report.	Wind obs. (97 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
San José Guayacán 221 km N 930m alt. 3 hours ago	6° C	No report.	Wind obs. (14 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
San Juan del Peral wx 222 km N 739m alt. 18 minutes ago	10° C	-
Santo Domingo (85586 -0) 228 km NW 79m alt. 3 hours ago	11° C	No report.	Wind obs. (22 kph from 30 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.