Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 pm Tue 06 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Thu night, min -9°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue night, extremely windy from the W by Fri morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Sun night, min -6°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the W on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the W by Sat night).

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
light snow
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
snow showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
light snow
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
snow shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
clear
Cloud base (m)
150
100
0
50
50
50
50
0
50
100
250
350
0
50
km/h
45
W
45
W
40
NW
45
W
75
WSW
80
WSW
85
SW
90
W
110
W
120
W
100
W
65
WSW
45
W
50
W
55
WNW
60
W
65
WSW
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Snowflake cm
—
—
3
2
1
1
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-6
-7
-6
-7
-6
-8
-5
-1
-1
-2
-3
-6
-5
-4
-3
-3
0
min °C
-7
-7
-8
-8
-7
-9
-5
-5
-2
-2
-6
-6
-5
-5
-3
-3
-2
 chill °C
-17
-17
-18
-19
-20
-23
-17
-17
-14
-14
-19
-17
-14
-15
-12
-13
-12
Freezing level m
0
0
150
150
0
0
0
350
1500
1350
400
0
250
450
800
750
1600
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Sunrise
—
—
5:56
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:47
—
—
5:43
—
—
Sunset
7:37
—
—
7:39
—
—
7:43
—
—
7:45
—
—
7:47
—
—
7:51
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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 -1°C on Thu night, min -9°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue night, extremely windy from the W by Fri morning).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Sun night, min -6°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the W on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the W by Sat 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
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
-2°C
clear
Mist -.
24
Moderate winds from the W
(24 kph at 260).
2.5 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
2 hours ago
-3°C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
15
Light winds from the NW
(15 kph at 320).
0.0 km
965 km NW
14m alt.
3 hours ago
-1°C
No report.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
7°C
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (15 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: broken
High: broken
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
204m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
22
Moderate winds from the N
(22 kph at 0).
0.0 km
Low: few
Mid: mostly cloudy
Sea Lion Island
1142 km N
15m alt.
1 hour ago
1°C
No report.
Wind obs. (19 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
Mount Alice
1172 km N
361m alt.
1 hour ago
-
22
Moderate winds from the SSW
(22 kph at 200).
28

* 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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