Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 am Thu 29 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Thu morning, min -13°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Thu morning, moderate winds from the W by Sat night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Mon night, min -16°C on Sun afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
snow showers
clear
clear
light snow
light snow
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
cloudy
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
clear
snow shwrs
clear
clear
light snow
light snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
200
50
100
100
1850
1900
200
150
200
km/h
90
WNW
80
WNW
75
WNW
80
W
80
WSW
90
WSW
70
WSW
50
W
20
W
30
SW
45
WSW
25
S
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
NW
20
WNW
45
W
40
WSW
Weather map
Weather map
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Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
3
—
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
4
2
—
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
0
-4
-6
-11
-13
-13
-12
-9
-9
-13
-15
-15
-14
-11
-9
-9
-10
-11
min °C
-3
-5
-8
-13
-13
-13
-13
-10
-11
-14
-16
-15
-15
-12
-11
-10
-10
-12
 chill °C
-14
-17
-21
-28
-28
-29
-28
-22
-20
-26
-30
-24
-27
-24
-21
-21
-21
-24
Freezing level m
1800
700
300
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-2-5-7-12-13-13-13-10-10-14-16-15-15-12-10-10-10-121-1-4-11-11-10-10-7-7-10-11-11-12-9-6-6-7-8331-2-3-2-2-2-4-3-2-4-3-2-10-1-2
Sunrise
4:45
—
—
4:41
—
—
4:37
—
—
4:35
—
—
4:31
—
—
4:28
—
—
Sunset
—
8:44
—
—
8:47
—
—
8:51
—
—
8:53
—
—
8:57
—
—
—
9:00

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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. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Thu morning, min -13°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Thu morning, moderate winds from the W by Sat night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Mon night, min -16°C on Sun afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

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
hy2b301E63S
73 km ESE
15m alt.
3 hours ago
32
Fresh winds from the NNW
(32 kph at 348).
- km
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.
3 hours ago
2°C
light rain
Light rain .
37
Fresh winds from the N
(37 kph at 350).
1.2 km
Mid: overcast
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
5°C
light rain
Continuous light rain.
67
Gales from the NW
(67 kph at 320).
4.0 km
Mid: overcast
hy2c299E62S
88 km NW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
50
Strong winds from the N
(50 kph at 8).
- km
hy2b299E62S
97 km WNW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
48
Strong winds from the NNW
(48 kph at 345).
- km
hy2c302E63S
111 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
23
Moderate winds from the NNW
(23 kph at 342).
- km
hy2b298E62S
111 km W
15m alt.
3 hours ago
46
Strong winds from the NNW
(46 kph at 345).
- km
hy2b302E63S
121 km E
15m alt.
3 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the NNW
(24 kph at 332).
- 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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