Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 8 am Mon 05 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 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 Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Mon morning, severe gales from the WSW by Wed night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Thu night, min -9°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (gales from the W on Thu morning, extremely windy from the WNW by Fri night).

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
light snow
light snow
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
some clouds
light snow
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
clear
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
200
200
200
150
150
50
0
100
300
700
1350
50
100
200
km/h
15
ENE
10
NW
20
W
35
W
45
W
45
W
30
WNW
40
W
70
WSW
65
W
80
WSW
70
WSW
90
W
100
W
115
WNW
90
WSW
80
WSW
65
WSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
1
4
1
—
3
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-5
-4
-4
-5
-7
-7
-6
-7
-6
-6
-4
-1
-1
-1
-2
-7
-5
-4
min °C
-5
-5
-5
-6
-8
-8
-7
-7
-7
-8
-8
-3
-1
-1
-9
-9
-5
-5
 chill °C
-10
-9
-13
-16
-19
-19
-16
-17
-19
-21
-21
-14
-12
-12
-23
-23
-17
-16
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
200
300
0
200
100
0
1550
1550
1000
200
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-5-5-5-6-8-8-7-7-7-7-6-2-1-1-6-8-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-4-3-4-4-4-4012-2-5-3-4-4-4-6-5-3-11101002420-1-3
Sunrise
6:03
—
—
6:00
—
—
5:56
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:47
—
—
Sunset
—
7:34
—
—
7:37
—
—
7:39
—
—
7:43
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—
7:45
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—
7:47
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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 Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Mon morning, severe gales from the WSW by Wed night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Thu night, min -9°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (gales from the W on Thu morning, extremely windy from the WNW by Fri night).

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
Captain Arturo Prat Base
27 km NE
111m alt.
51 minutes ago
-3°C
State of sky unchanged.
7
Light winds from the ENE
(7 kph at 70).
30 km
Mid: clear
ASCATB300E62S
63 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
4
Calm
(4 kph at 183).
- km
ASCATC300E62S
64 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
4
Calm
(4 kph at 180).
- km
ASCATC301E63S
69 km SSE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
13
Light winds from the SW
(13 kph at 236).
- km
ASCATB299E62S
69 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
9
Light winds from the S
(9 kph at 184).
- km
ASCATC299E62S
71 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
8
Light winds from the S
(8 kph at 189).
- km
ASCATB300E63S
77 km S
15m alt.
3 hours ago
19
Light winds from the WSW
(19 kph at 255).
- km
Centro Met. Antártico Presidente Eduardo Frei
77 km NE
48m alt.
51 minutes ago
-4°C
State of sky unchanged.
26
Moderate winds from the ESE
(26 kph at 120).
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
2 hours ago
-4°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
26
Moderate winds from the ESE
(26 kph at 110).
10.0 km
Low: broken
ASCATC300E63S
78 km S
15m alt.
3 hours ago
19
Light winds from the WSW
(19 kph at 249).
- km

* 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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