Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 am Tue 27 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Tue morning, min -9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue night, stormy winds from the WNW by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sat night, min -13°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Fri night, calm by Sun night).

Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
mod snow
part cloud
cloud
light snow
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
cloudy
mod. snow
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
Cloud base (m)
50
50
100
50
100
150
150
350
km/h
50
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
45
W
60
WSW
45
W
50
NW
85
WNW
90
WNW
70
W
85
WSW
100
WSW
80
WSW
55
W
45
WNW
45
WNW
25
WNW
10
W
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Snowflake cm
—
—
1
1
—
—
4
3
1
—
—
—
—
—
7
—
—
5
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
2
-1
-2
-4
-4
-1
1
-3
-5
-11
-13
-11
-9
-7
-6
-7
-8
-9
min °C
1
-2
-4
-4
-4
-4
0
-5
-9
-13
-13
-12
-11
-8
-8
-8
-8
-12
 chill °C
-6
-11
-12
-13
-14
-14
-8
-17
-22
-28
-28
-28
-25
-19
-20
-17
-16
-12
Freezing level m
2050
1600
850
700
600
450
1750
1050
400
0
0
0
0
0
0
300
50
0
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Sunrise
4:50
—
—
4:48
—
—
4:45
—
—
4:41
—
—
4:37
—
—
4:35
—
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Sunset
—
8:37
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—
8:40
—
—
8:44
—
—
8:47
—
—
8:51
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—
8:53
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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 Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Tue morning, min -9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue night, stormy winds from the WNW by Thu night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sat night, min -13°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Fri night, calm by Sun 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.
3 hours ago
2°C
State of sky unchanged.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 190).
30 km
Mid: clear
hy2b301E63S
70 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
45
Strong winds from the W
(45 kph at 268).
- km
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.
3 hours ago
clear
Fog freezing -.
24
Moderate winds from the W
(24 kph at 270).
0.2 km
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
2 hours ago
-3°C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
3 hours ago
1°C
Mist
39
Strong winds from the NW
(39 kph at 320).
1.5 km
Mid: few
hy2b302E63S
96 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the W
(48 kph at 265).
- km
hy2b300E62S
96 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
33
Fresh winds from the W
(33 kph at 275).
- km
hy2b299E62S
112 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
31
Fresh winds from the W
(31 kph at 278).
- km
hy2b298E62S
122 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
30
Fresh winds from the W
(30 kph at 280).
- 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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