Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 pm Sun 04 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Mon afternoon, min -8°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon morning, near gales from the W by Tue night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Thu night, min -7°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the W on Wed afternoon, extremely windy from the W by Fri morning).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
light snow
light snow
part cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
some clouds
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
150
150
200
200
200
150
150
150
0
100
0
50
50
150
km/h
15
SW
20
E
10
ENE
10
NW
25
W
45
W
50
W
50
W
40
WNW
30
W
50
SW
80
W
85
WSW
95
W
105
W
95
W
95
WNW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
—
—
3
3
1
—
2
—
—
—
—
2
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-7
-5
-5
-4
-4
-6
-8
-6
-6
-7
-4
-4
-4
-1
-1
-1
-2
min °C
-8
-6
-5
-4
-6
-7
-8
-8
-6
-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-1
-2
-6
 chill °C
-14
-13
-10
-8
-15
-17
-19
-19
-15
-15
-16
-17
-16
-15
-12
-13
-18
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
50
250
250
0
0
500
700
1500
1500
750
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Sunrise
—
—
6:03
—
—
6:00
—
—
5:56
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:50
—
—
Sunset
7:31
—
—
7:34
—
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7:37
—
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7:39
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7:43
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7:45
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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Mon afternoon, min -8°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon morning, near gales from the W by Tue night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Thu night, min -7°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the W on Wed afternoon, extremely windy from the W by Fri morning).

This table gives the weather forecast for Great Needle Peak at the specific elevation of 1690 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Great Needle Peak. 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 Antarctica.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Centro Met. Antártico Presidente Eduardo Frei
77 km NE
48m alt.
2 hours ago
-4°C
No report.
Wind obs. (115 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
2 hours ago
-2°C
clear
Mist -.
11
Light winds from the ESE
(11 kph at 110).
5.0 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
2 hours ago
-3°C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
30
Fresh winds from the SSW
(30 kph at 200).
0.0 km
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
6°C
Light rain .
Wind obs. (13 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: overcast
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
204m alt.
2 hours ago
7°C
clear
Shower - in the vicinity.
17
Light winds from the E
(17 kph at 80).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
6°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
20
Moderate winds from the ESE
(20 kph at 110).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
Sea Lion Island
1142 km N
15m alt.
1 hour ago
1°C
No report.
Wind obs. (19 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
Mount Alice
1172 km N
361m alt.
1 hour ago
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
Weddell Island
1201 km N
17m alt.
2 hours ago
0°C
No report.
Wind obs. (13 kph from 200 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.

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