Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 8 pm Mon 05 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 -4°C on Tue morning, min -8°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Mon night, stormy winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Thu night, min -7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Fri night, strong winds from the W by Sat night).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
snow showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
200
150
150
100
50
0
150
50
50
100
50
150
1600
km/h
20
W
35
W
45
W
45
W
35
NW
40
W
75
WSW
75
W
95
WSW
80
W
105
W
105
W
105
W
90
WSW
60
WSW
40
W
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
4
2
1
2
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-5
-4
-6
-7
-6
-7
-6
-6
-4
-1
-1
-1
-2
-6
-5
-4
min °C
-5
-5
-7
-7
-7
-7
-8
-8
-7
-5
-1
-2
-7
-6
-5
-5
 chill °C
-11
-14
-18
-17
-16
-17
-20
-21
-20
-17
-12
-14
-21
-19
-16
-14
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
100
200
0
200
100
0
1550
1500
500
0
0
150
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-3-1-2-5-6-5-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-3-112-1-3-3-2-6-5-3-111-111-1243001
Sunrise
—
6:00
—
—
5:56
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:47
—
—
Sunset
—
—
7:37
—
—
7:39
—
—
7:43
—
—
7:45
—
—
7:47
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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 -4°C on Tue morning, min -8°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Mon night, stormy winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Thu night, min -7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Fri night, 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
Captain Arturo Prat Base
27 km NE
111m alt.
3 hours ago
-5°C
Mist
4
Calm
(4 kph at 330).
2.0 km
Mid: overcast
Centro Met. Antártico Presidente Eduardo Frei
77 km NE
48m alt.
3 hours ago
-5°C
Fog, sky visible, no change.
15
Light winds from the W
(15 kph at 280).
0.8 km
Mid: overcast
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
3 hours ago
-5°C
clear
Fog freezing -.
15
Light winds from the W
(15 kph at 280).
0.0 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
3 hours ago
-3°C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
King Sejong
85 km NE
64m alt.
3 hours ago
-5°C
Fog, sky not visible, thinning.
11
Light winds from the N
(11 kph at 0).
0.8 km
Mid: overcast
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
3 hours ago
-6°C
Fog, sky visible, no change.
6
Light winds from the E
(6 kph at 90).
0.8 km
Mid: scattered
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
3 hours ago
0°C
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 140 degs) was rejected.
30 km
Mid: clear
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
3 hours ago
clear
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 290 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
3 hours ago
-1°C
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 290 degs) was rejected.
35 km
Mid: few
BaseSanMartin
690 km S
7m alt.
3 hours ago
-13°C
-
7
Light winds from the SSE
(7 kph at 160).
40 km
Mid: few

* 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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