Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 8 pm Sun 01 Nov Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Tue afternoon, min -15°C on Mon morning). Mainly gales.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Fri afternoon, min -12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the W on Wed night, extremely windy from the W by Fri night).

Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
snow showers
mod snow
mod snow
snow showers
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
snow shwrs
mod. snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
clear
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
400
150
0
50
km/h
20
SW
55
WSW
55
W
30
W
35
NW
40
NW
60
WNW
55
W
50
W
35
W
20
SW
45
SW
50
WSW
25
WNW
35
WNW
85
W
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Snowflake cm
3
1
—
1
7
6
10
3
4
5
1
—
—
—
1
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-8
-14
-15
-9
-8
-6
-9
-10
-10
-10
-11
-11
-10
-7
-3
-3
min °C
-13
-15
-15
-14
-9
-7
-9
-11
-10
-12
-11
-11
-11
-9
-4
-10
 chill °C
-27
-29
-29
-26
-19
-18
-21
-23
-22
-23
-19
-22
-24
-18
-12
-25
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
300
150
50
50
0
0
0
0
0
200
350
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Sunrise
—
4:31
—
—
4:28
—
—
4:26
—
—
4:22
—
—
4:18
—
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Sunset
—
—
8:57
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—
—
9:00
—
—
9:02
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—
9:06
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9:08

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Tue afternoon, min -15°C on Mon morning). Mainly gales.

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Fri afternoon, min -12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the W on Wed night, extremely windy from the W by Fri 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
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
3 hours ago
0°C
clear
Mist -.
19
Light winds from the ESE
(19 kph at 110).
2.0 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
39 minutes ago
-3°C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
2 hours ago
-2°C
moderate snow
Continuous moderate snow.
41
Strong winds from the ESE
(41 kph at 110).
0.8 km
Mid: overcast
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
2 hours ago
-3°C
moderate snow
Intermittent moderate snow.
35
Fresh winds from the SE
(35 kph at 140).
2.5 km
Mid: overcast
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
light snow
Light snow.
26
Moderate winds from the SE
(26 kph at 140).
3.0 km
Low: broken
Mid: broken
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
2 hours ago
-4°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
20
Moderate winds from the SE
(20 kph at 130).
3.0 km
Mid: overcast
ASCATB312E61S
665 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
25
Moderate winds from the NW
(25 kph at 304).
- km
BaseSanMartin
690 km S
7m alt.
2 hours ago
-6°C
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 270).
40 km
Mid: few
ASCATB313E61S
708 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
22
Moderate winds from the NW
(22 kph at 322).
- km
ASCATB311E60S
711 km ENE
15m alt.
2 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the NW
(35 kph at 305).
- 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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