Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 am Thu 24 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Sat afternoon, min -23°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Thu night, strong winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Mon night, min -13°C on Sun afternoon). Mainly extremely windy.

Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
part cloud
light snow
cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
snow showers
part cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
snow showers
snow shwrs
some clouds
light snow
cloudy
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
some clouds
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
300
50
50
150
50
200
100
250
200
50
0
km/h
75
WSW
85
WSW
80
WSW
75
SW
75
SW
50
SW
70
SW
60
WSW
80
W
110
SW
110
WSW
120
SW
45
SW
85
SW
100
WSW
90
WSW
85
WSW
80
WSW
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Snowflake cm
1
1
1
2
5
1
3
 mm
max °C
-14
-15
-18
-22
-23
-18
-13
-11
-12
-9
-12
-9
-7
-6
-4
-4
-8
-10
min °C
-15
-16
-21
-22
-23
-22
-14
-12
-16
-12
-13
-11
-10
-7
-4
-7
-9
-13
 chill °C
-31
-33
-39
-41
-42
-37
-29
-25
-33
-28
-30
-28
-21
-20
-16
-20
-22
-26
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-15-16-20-22-23-20-14-12-14-11-13-10-9-7-4-6-9-12-11-12-16-19-19-18-12-9-10-9-11-8-6-5-3-4-6-8-3-4-8-10-11-11-7-2-4-5-3-4-5-3-1-1-1-1
Sunrise
6:41
6:37
6:33
6:30
6:26
6:24
Sunset
7:04
7:07
7:09
7:12
7:15
7:17

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sat night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Sat afternoon, min -23°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WSW on Thu night, strong winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Mon night, min -13°C on Sun 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
Centro Met. Antártico Presidente Eduardo Frei
77 km NE
48m alt.
3 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.
3 hours ago
-4°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
56
Near gales from the WSW
(56 kph at 250).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Dinamet
85 km NE
52m alt.
3 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
clear
-
Wind obs. (28 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
965 km NW
14m alt.
3 hours ago
-1°C
No report.
Wind obs. (43 kph from 260 degs) was rejected.
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
3 hours ago
1°C
No report.
15
Light winds from the WSW
(15 kph at 240).
10.0 km
UshuaiaAero
993 km NW
57m alt.
2 hours ago
1°C
-
Wind obs. (17 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.
50 km
Mid: few
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
204m alt.
3 hours ago
1°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (20 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: few
ASCATC279E64S
1073 km SW
15m alt.
3 hours ago
51
Near gales from the WSW
(51 kph at 248).
- km
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
1°C
clear
-
9
Light winds from the E
(9 kph at 80).
50 km
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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