Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 8 pm Sat 31 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Tue afternoon, min -14°C on Sun night). Mainly near gales.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Tue night, min -12°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WNW on Tue night, light winds from the WNW by Fri morning).

Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
mod snow
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
mod snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
heavy snow
mod. snow
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
mod. snow
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
heavy snow
Cloud base (m)
0
100
100
50
250
km/h
35
NNW
15
WNW
25
NW
25
WSW
55
SW
40
WSW
20
WNW
50
N
50
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
40
SW
45
WSW
30
NW
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Snowflake cm
6
3
6
6
1
1
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7
7
5
2
2
3
—
—
11
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-7
-7
-8
-11
-14
-14
-10
-8
-6
-9
-10
-10
-10
-10
-12
-10
min °C
-8
-8
-8
-14
-14
-14
-13
-9
-9
-9
-10
-10
-10
-11
-12
-12
 chill °C
-16
-15
-16
-28
-28
-26
-23
-20
-21
-21
-21
-20
-21
-22
-24
-23
Freezing level m
0
300
250
0
0
0
0
0
250
150
100
150
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
—
4:35
—
—
4:31
—
—
4:28
—
—
4:26
—
—
4:22
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Sunset
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—
8:53
—
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8:57
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—
—
9:00
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—
9:02
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9:06

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Tue afternoon, min -14°C on Sun night). Mainly near gales.

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Tue night, min -12°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WNW on Tue night, light winds from the WNW 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.
59 minutes 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
-1°C
clear
Shower - in the vicinity.
17
Light winds from the N
(17 kph at 10).
8.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
59 minutes ago
-3°C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
54 minutes ago
-1°C
-
17
Light winds from the ESE
(17 kph at 110).
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
54 minutes ago
0°C
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 160 degs) was rejected.
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
9
Light winds from the E
(9 kph at 90).
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
54 minutes ago
-3°C
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 310 degs) was rejected.
35 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
BaseSanMartin
690 km S
7m alt.
54 minutes ago
-3°C
moderate snow
Clouds developing.
19
Light winds from the NW
(19 kph at 320).
40 km
Mid: overcast
BaseOrcadas
836 km E
8m alt.
54 minutes ago
0°C
State of sky unchanged.
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
965 km NW
27m alt.
54 minutes ago
9°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered

* 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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