Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 8 am Fri 11 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Fri morning, min -19°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SW on Fri morning, light winds from the S by Sun morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Tue afternoon, min -17°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Mon afternoon, extremely windy from the SW by Tue night).

Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
part cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
some clouds
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
100
50
150
50
700
0
500
600
200
50
50
150
km/h
80
SW
80
SW
65
SW
55
WSW
45
WSW
15
SSW
25
SSE
30
SW
25
SW
45
SW
20
SSW
75
SW
35
SW
100
SW
110
SW
95
WSW
80
WSW
70
WSW
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Snowflake cm
1
1
 mm
max °C
-8
-10
-11
-11
-12
-15
-19
-18
-11
-6
-5
-3
-3
-1
-4
-13
-15
-16
min °C
-9
-11
-12
-12
-13
-18
-19
-18
-17
-11
-5
-5
-3
-3
-11
-14
-15
-17
 chill °C
-22
-26
-26
-25
-25
-29
-30
-30
-28
-22
-11
-16
-11
-16
-26
-30
-31
-33
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
7:24
7:20
7:16
7:13
7:11
7:07
Sunset
6:30
6:32
6:35
6:37
6:40
6:43

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Fri morning, min -19°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SW on Fri morning, light winds from the S by Sun morning).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Tue afternoon, min -17°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Mon afternoon, extremely windy from the SW 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
Captain Arturo Prat Base
27 km NE
111m alt.
2 hours ago
-5°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, above eye level.
37
Fresh winds from the WSW
(37 kph at 240).
26 km
Mid: scattered
CentroMet.Antártico Presidente Eduardo Frei
77 km NE
48m alt.
2 hours ago
-5°C
State of sky unchanged.
33
Fresh winds from the WSW
(33 kph at 240).
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
2 hours ago
-5°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
33
Fresh winds from the WSW
(33 kph at 240).
10.0 km
Low: broken
ASCATB300E62S
80 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
54
Near gales from the SW
(54 kph at 236).
- km
ASCATB299E62S
82 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
56
Near gales from the SW
(56 kph at 236).
- km
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
3 hours ago
-3°C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
2 hours ago
-5°C
-
19
Light winds from the WNW
(19 kph at 290).
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
hy2b300E62S
88 km N
15m alt.
4 hours ago
52
Near gales from the WSW
(52 kph at 240).
- km
ASCATB298E63S
89 km SW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
60
Near gales from the SW
(60 kph at 235).
- km
ASCATB299E63S
92 km SSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
60
Near gales from the WSW
(60 kph at 239).
- 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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