Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 pm Thu 05 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Fri morning, min -12°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (strong winds from the WNW on Thu night, stormy winds from the W by Fri night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Mon night, min -14°C on Mon morning). Mainly severe gales.

Thu
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
snow showers
light snow
light snow
snow showers
light snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
mod snow
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
clear
clear
clear
clear
mod. snow
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
0
100
100
100
0
50
km/h
45
WSW
60
WSW
50
W
65
W
80
W
70
W
60
W
80
W
60
WSW
70
W
65
WSW
60
W
60
WSW
70
WNW
60
WNW
40
WNW
75
W
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Snowflake cm
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1
3
2
2
1
3
4
—
—
—
—
—
8
1
6
3
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-10
-7
-2
-3
-4
-10
-9
-10
-12
-12
-12
-13
-12
-7
-9
-8
-10
min °C
-11
-10
-4
-3
-11
-10
-10
-11
-12
-13
-13
-14
-13
-10
-9
-8
-11
 chill °C
-23
-23
-14
-13
-26
-23
-24
-26
-25
-28
-28
-28
-27
-22
-21
-18
-24
Freezing level m
0
0
350
750
350
0
150
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
200
250
50
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Sunrise
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—
4:18
—
—
4:16
—
—
4:13
—
—
4:09
—
—
4:07
—
—
Sunset
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9:06
—
—
9:08
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—
9:13
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—
9:15
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—
9:19
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9:22

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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 Fri morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Fri morning, min -12°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (strong winds from the WNW on Thu night, stormy winds from the W by Fri night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Mon night, min -14°C on Mon morning). Mainly severe gales.

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.
1 hour 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.
33
Fresh winds from the WSW
(33 kph at 240).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
1 hour 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
State of sky unchanged.
22
Moderate winds from the WSW
(22 kph at 250).
30 km
Mid: overcast
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
3 hours ago
-1°C
Mist
9
Light winds from the NE
(9 kph at 50).
5.0 km
Mid: overcast
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
-4°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
7
Light winds from the ENE.(Wind varies from 330 to 150 degs)
(7 kph at 70).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
3 hours ago
-4°C
-
7
Light winds from the SE
(7 kph at 140).
35 km
Mid: overcast
BaseSanMartin
690 km S
7m alt.
3 hours ago
-3°C
State of sky unchanged.
13
Light winds from the SSW
(13 kph at 200).
40 km
Mid: overcast
BaseOrcadas
836 km E
8m alt.
3 hours ago
1°C
Mist
24
Moderate winds from the NNW
(24 kph at 340).
27 km
Mid: overcast
965 km NW
14m alt.
3 hours ago
-1°C
No report.
43
Strong winds from the W
(43 kph at 260).

* 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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