Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 pm Mon 26 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Mon afternoon, min -5°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue night, severe gales from the WNW by Thu morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Thu afternoon, min -12°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Thu afternoon, moderate winds from the NW by Sat night).

Mon
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
Cloud base (m)
50
100
50
50
250
50
150
50
350
50
km/h
80
SW
60
WSW
50
WSW
40
W
35
WNW
55
W
60
W
40
W
75
WNW
115
WNW
85
W
80
W
85
WSW
90
WSW
75
WSW
60
W
30
NW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
2
1
—
1
5
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
4
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
3
3
2
-1
-2
-4
-4
0
1
0
-6
-10
-11
-10
-10
-7
-6
min °C
3
2
1
-2
-4
-5
-4
-4
1
-4
-10
-10
-12
-12
-10
-8
-7
 chill °C
-6
-6
-6
-10
-12
-15
-14
-13
-8
-17
-24
-24
-27
-28
-24
-20
-14
Freezing level m
0
2300
2100
1550
850
600
550
350
1950
1600
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
332-2-3-5-4-21-2-8-10-12-11-10-8-734310-2-2-130-6-8-11-9-7-5-411133222440-3-3-3-3-2-1
Sunrise
—
—
4:50
—
—
4:48
—
—
4:45
—
—
4:41
—
—
4:37
—
—
Sunset
8:35
—
—
8:37
—
—
8:40
—
—
8:44
—
—
8:47
—
—
8:51
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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 Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Mon afternoon, min -5°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue night, severe gales from the WNW by Thu morning).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Thu afternoon, min -12°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Thu afternoon, moderate winds from the NW 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.
46 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
-1°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
28
Moderate winds from the W
(28 kph at 270).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
46 minutes 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
-
56
Near gales from the WNW
(56 kph at 290).
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
3 hours ago
3°C
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
30 km
Mid: scattered
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 340).
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
3 hours ago
5°C
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
35 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
BaseSanMartin
690 km S
7m alt.
3 hours ago
1°C
-
19
Light winds from the SSE
(19 kph at 160).
40 km
Mid: overcast
965 km NW
14m alt.
3 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (43 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
12°C
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (6 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken

* 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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