Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 pm Wed 23 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Wed night, min -23°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Thu night, strong winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Mon night, min -13°C on Sun night). Mainly extremely windy.

Wed
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
clear
some clouds
light snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
50
300
300
150
200
200
300
250
0
km/h
85
SW
85
SW
65
WSW
75
WSW
85
WSW
70
SW
60
SW
60
SW
75
SW
65
WSW
70
WSW
95
SW
95
WSW
120
SW
50
SW
100
SW
95
WSW
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Snowflake cm
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
1
 mm
max °C
-15
-13
-14
-14
-18
-22
-23
-17
-13
-11
-9
-8
-8
-10
-10
-8
-6
min °C
-16
-14
-14
-15
-21
-23
-23
-22
-14
-12
-12
-8
-9
-13
-11
-8
-7
 chill °C
-33
-30
-29
-31
-40
-42
-41
-38
-29
-26
-26
-22
-24
-29
-23
-22
-21
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-16-14-14-15-20-23-23-20-14-12-11-8-9-12-11-8-7-15-11-11-11-16-19-20-18-11-9-8-6-7-9-8-6-5-7-4-3-3-8-10-12-11-6-2-3-5-4-4-5-4-2
Sunrise
6:41
6:37
6:33
6:30
6:26
Sunset
7:01
7:04
7:07
7:09
7:12
7:15

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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 Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Wed night, min -23°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Thu night, strong winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Mon night, min -13°C on Sun night). Mainly extremely windy.

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.
45 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
-5°C
moderate snow
Low drifting moderate snow.
54
Near gales from the WSW
(54 kph at 240).
5.0 km
Low: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
45 minutes ago
-3°C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
3 hours ago
-6°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
46
Strong winds from the W
(46 kph at 270).
3.0 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
3 hours ago
-3°C
-
28
Moderate winds from the SW
(28 kph at 230).
30 km
Mid: scattered
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
3 hours ago
clear
-
Wind obs. (28 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
3 hours ago
-12°C
-
28
Moderate winds from the WSW
(28 kph at 250).
35 km
Mid: scattered
BaseSanMartin
690 km S
7m alt.
3 hours ago
-18°C
moderate snow
Continuous moderate snow.
41
Strong winds from the N
(41 kph at 0).
0.6 km
Mid: overcast
BaseOrcadas
836 km E
8m alt.
3 hours ago
-1°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
30
Fresh winds from the NW
(30 kph at 320).
26 km
Mid: overcast
965 km NW
14m alt.
3 hours ago
-1°C
No report.
43
Strong winds from the W
(43 kph at 260).

* 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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