Great Needle Peak weather
– Lat/Long: 62.67° S 60.05° W

Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 am Thu 17 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Thu morning, min -20°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Thu morning, strong winds from the SSW 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 -10°C on Mon morning, min -17°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SW on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue night).

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
clear
cloud
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
50
200
250
150
350
150
250
50
0
100
300
km/h
105
SW
100
WSW
90
WSW
75
W
75
W
65
WSW
55
SW
45
WSW
50
SW
45
SW
75
WSW
65
SW
50
WSW
55
W
70
WNW
65
W
40
W
40
WNW
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
2
2
1
1
2
4
1
 mm
max °C
-7
-8
-9
-12
-13
-15
-18
-19
-19
-14
-13
-11
-10
-10
-11
-14
-12
-11
min °C
-8
-10
-11
-12
-14
-18
-19
-20
-20
-17
-13
-13
-10
-10
-12
-14
-14
-12
 chill °C
-22
-25
-26
-27
-29
-34
-34
-35
-35
-31
-28
-28
-22
-22
-26
-28
-26
-23
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-8-9-10-12-14-17-19-20-20-16-13-12-10-10-12-14-13-12-7-8-10-10-10-14-15-16-17-14-10-9-7-7-8-11-10-9-4-3-2-2-3-6-7-7-9-8-7-4-2-1-2-3-4-3
Sunrise
7:03
7:01
6:56
6:54
6:50
6:47
Sunset
6:45
6:47
6:51
6:53
6:55
6:59

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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 night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Thu morning, min -20°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Thu morning, strong winds from the SSW 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 -10°C on Mon morning, min -17°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SW on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue 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.
115
Extremely windy from the W
(115 kph at 270).
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
2 hours ago
-7°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
72
Gales from the WSW
(72 kph at 240).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
2 hours ago
-3°C
No report.
Wind obs. (22 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
20
Moderate winds from the WNW
(20 kph at 290).
0.0 km
ASCATC295E65S
375 km SSW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
43
Strong winds from the SW
(43 kph at 231).
- km
ASCATC289E62S
593 km WSW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the SW
(38 kph at 236).
- km
ASCATC288E63S
635 km WSW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
42
Strong winds from the WSW
(42 kph at 246).
- km
ASCATC288E62S
650 km WSW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
35
Fresh winds from the SW
(35 kph at 230).
- km
ASCATC287E63S
670 km WSW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the WSW
(38 kph at 248).
- km
ASCATC286E63S
697 km WSW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
38
Fresh winds from the WSW
(38 kph at 241).
- 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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