Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 8 am Tue 15 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Tue morning, min -18°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Tue morning, gales from the WSW by Wed morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Sun night, min -19°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (near gales from the SW on Sat night, stormy winds from the W by Sun night).

Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
snow showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
some clouds
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
250
300
300
50
200
250
350
250
100
50
km/h
120
SW
120
WSW
110
WSW
80
WSW
80
WSW
80
WSW
95
SW
105
WSW
100
WSW
75
WSW
65
W
60
W
55
WSW
60
WSW
60
SW
80
WSW
90
WSW
95
W
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Snowflake cm
2
2
2
2
1
 mm
max °C
-3
-8
-13
-17
-17
-11
-7
-9
-10
-11
-12
-13
-17
-18
-16
-14
-11
-10
min °C
-6
-9
-16
-18
-18
-16
-10
-10
-10
-11
-12
-16
-18
-19
-19
-14
-12
-10
 chill °C
-20
-24
-34
-35
-35
-32
-25
-25
-26
-25
-26
-31
-33
-36
-35
-30
-28
-25
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
7:11
7:07
7:03
7:01
6:56
6:54
Sunset
6:40
6:43
6:45
6:47
6:51
6:53

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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 -3°C on Tue morning, min -18°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Tue morning, gales from the WSW by Wed morning).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Sun night, min -19°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (near gales from the SW on Sat night, stormy winds from the W by Sun 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.
2 hours 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
-2°C
moderate snow
Low drifting moderate snow.
93
Stormy winds from the WSW
(93 kph at 240).
2.5 km
Low: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
2 hours ago
-3°C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WNW
(22 kph at 300).
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
3 hours ago
-1°C
moderate snow
Low drifting moderate snow.
33
Fresh winds from the SW
(33 kph at 230).
10.0 km
Low: no significant cloud
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
3 hours ago
-1°C
moderate snow
Slight to moderate drifting snow, below eye level.
28
Moderate winds from the WSW
(28 kph at 250).
35 km
Mid: scattered
ASCATB297E61S
282 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
51
Near gales from the SW
(51 kph at 232).
- km
ASCATB296E61S
288 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
52
Near gales from the SW
(52 kph at 232).
- km
ASCATB299E60S
292 km NW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
61
Near gales from the SW
(61 kph at 232).
- km
ASCATB297E60S
304 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
53
Near gales from the SW
(53 kph at 236).
- km
ASCATB296E60S
315 km WNW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
54
Near gales from the SW
(54 kph at 234).
- 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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