Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 pm Tue 20 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Wed afternoon, min -10°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Tue afternoon, extremely windy from the SW by Thu afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sat morning, min -6°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly extremely windy.

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
snow showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
rain shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
50
0
0
km/h
90
SW
90
WSW
105
SW
105
WSW
115
WSW
105
WSW
130
SW
110
SW
95
SW
85
SW
80
SW
100
SW
85
WSW
95
WSW
80
SW
80
WSW
100
WSW
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Snowflake cm
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1
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.2
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-9
-3
-3
-2
-3
-6
-7
-6
-6
-5
1
3
3
-1
0
0
-1
min °C
-10
-8
-3
-2
-6
-6
-7
-7
-6
-6
-4
3
1
-3
0
0
-3
 chill °C
-25
-22
-15
-14
-20
-20
-22
-22
-19
-19
-15
-6
-9
-14
-10
-10
-15
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2250
750
1750
1650
550
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Sunrise
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—
5:09
—
—
5:07
—
—
5:03
—
—
5:01
—
—
4:56
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—
Sunset
8:16
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—
8:20
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8:22
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8:25
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8:29
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8:31
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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 below freezing (max -2°C on Wed afternoon, min -10°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Tue afternoon, extremely windy from the SW by Thu afternoon).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sat morning, min -6°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly extremely windy.

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.
2 hours ago
-1°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
50
Strong winds from the WSW
(50 kph at 250).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
33 minutes ago
-3°C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
2 hours ago
0°C
-
54
Near gales from the W
(54 kph at 270).
30 km
Mid: few
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
2 hours ago
2°C
State of sky unchanged.
9
Light winds from the NW
(9 kph at 320).
30 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 320 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
2 hours ago
1°C
moderate snow
Clouds dissolving.
11
Light winds from the WSW
(11 kph at 250).
35 km
Mid: few
BaseSanMartin
690 km S
7m alt.
2 hours ago
1°C
Mist
Wind obs. (39 kph from 340 degs) was rejected.
28 km
Mid: overcast
BaseOrcadas
836 km E
8m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
-
24
Moderate winds from the NW
(24 kph at 320).
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
-1°C
No report.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
8°C
Dry and partly cloudy.
13
Light winds from the SSW.(Wind varies from 160 to 270 degs)
(13 kph at 210).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered

* 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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