Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 8 am Thu 24 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sat afternoon, min -22°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (strong winds from the SW on Fri night, extremely windy from the SW by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Mon night, min -15°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Sun night, moderate winds from the SE by Tue night).

Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
part cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
clear
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
some clouds
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
200
0
150
150
100
100
200
200
100
50
km/h
70
WSW
80
WSW
80
WSW
75
SW
75
SW
55
SW
70
SW
65
WSW
90
WSW
115
SW
105
WSW
125
SW
45
SSW
45
SW
80
WSW
85
WSW
85
WSW
80
SW
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Snowflake cm
1
2
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
 mm
max °C
-15
-15
-17
-22
-22
-18
-13
-12
-12
-11
-9
-7
-10
-6
-5
-7
-8
-11
min °C
-15
-16
-20
-22
-22
-22
-14
-13
-19
-13
-10
-11
-11
-7
-5
-8
-9
-15
 chill °C
-30
-33
-38
-40
-41
-38
-29
-27
-39
-30
-25
-27
-22
-17
-17
-21
-23
-25
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-15-16-19-22-22-20-14-13-16-12-10-9-11-7-5-8-9-13-11-12-16-19-19-18-12-9-12-11-7-7-8-5-4-5-6-9-3-4-8-10-10-10-8-3-4-4-2-3-4-5-2-1-1-3
Sunrise
6:41
6:37
6:33
6:30
6:26
6:24
Sunset
7:04
7:07
7:09
7:12
7:15
7:17

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Sat afternoon, min -22°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (strong winds from the SW on Fri night, extremely windy from the SW by Sat night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Mon night, min -15°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Sun night, moderate winds from the SE by Tue 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
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
2 hours ago
-3°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
50
Strong winds from the W
(50 kph at 260).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: broken
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
1 hour ago
-3°C
moderate snow
Clouds dissolving.
52
Near gales from the W
(52 kph at 270).
30 km
Mid: scattered
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
1 hour ago
-3°C
-
11
Light winds from the ESE
(11 kph at 110).
30 km
Mid: scattered
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
11
Light winds from the NW
(11 kph at 320).
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
1 hour ago
-10°C
-
15
Light winds from the NNW
(15 kph at 340).
35 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
ASCATC296E64S
261 km SSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the WSW
(48 kph at 252).
- km
ASCATC295E64S
321 km SSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the WSW
(45 kph at 252).
- km
ASCATC297E60S
343 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
49
Strong winds from the W
(49 kph at 264).
- km
ASCATC295E65S
365 km SSW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
47
Strong winds from the WSW
(47 kph at 254).
- km
ASCATB294E61S
366 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the W
(50 kph at 260).
- 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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