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Descabezado Grande
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 1 pm Thu 06 Aug Local Time
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Issued: 1 pm Thu 06 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 Fri night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Thu afternoon, min -19°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the W on Thu afternoon, stormy winds from the WNW by Fri afternoon).											Days 5–7 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Wed morning, min -14°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun night, severe gales from the NNW by Tue night).
	Thu 6		Friday 7			Saturday 8			Sunday 9			Monday 10			Tuesday 11
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	clear	clear	clear	snow shwrs	heavy snow	mod. snow	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Cloud base (m)			6400	2250	2250	2250	2250	2250	2650		2350		2300	2350	2800	2300	2600
km/h	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
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cm	—	—	—	1	44	6	7	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-11	-11	-14	-16	-16	-19	-18	-18	-16	-14	-12	-11	-11	-11	-10	-10	-10
min °C	-11	-12	-15	-17	-19	-19	-18	-18	-17	-14	-14	-11	-11	-11	-11	-10	-10
chill °C	-21	-24	-31	-34	-37	-36	-34	-34	-32	-28	-27	-24	-25	-24	-24	-23	-24

Freezing level m	1850	1150	1650	1300	850	1050	1150	450	1100	1350	750	1200	1400	1250	2250	2100	2050

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Descabezado Grande Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Descabezado Grande is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Thu afternoon, min -19°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the W on Thu afternoon, stormy winds from the WNW by Fri afternoon).

Descabezado Grande Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Wed morning, min -14°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun night, severe gales from the NNW by Tue night).

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	12° C	No report.	Light winds from the SE.(Wind varies from 100 to 200 degs) (11 kph at 140).	10.0 km Low: few
Curicó wx 82 km WNW 198m alt. 1 hour ago		-
Malargue Airport 108 km E 1425m alt. 2 hours ago		-	Moderate winds from the WSW (24 kph at 250).	0.0 km
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: few
Chilla / eneral Bernardo O'Higgins Airport 158 km SSW 161m alt. 2 hours ago	11° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SSW (15 kph at 200).	10.0 km Low: scattered
Chillan 161 km SSW 156m alt. 3 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	14° C	Dry	Light winds from the S (13 kph at 190).
Chillán Mayulermo 171 km SSW 377m alt. 3 hours ago	8° C	No report.	Wind obs. (97 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
Talagante 212 km N 387m alt. 3 hours ago	7° C	No report.

* 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.