Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 8 pm Mon 26 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Mon night, min -5°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue night, extremely windy from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Thu night, min -13°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Thu night, light winds from the WNW by Sun afternoon).

Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light snow
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
Cloud base (m)
100
50
50
0
0
100
50
50
150
50
350
100
km/h
60
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
55
W
60
W
45
W
50
NW
90
WNW
90
WNW
80
W
85
WSW
90
WSW
70
WSW
55
W
35
WNW
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Weather map
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
2
1
—
—
3
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
3
2
-1
-2
-4
-4
-1
1
-2
-5
-11
-12
-10
-10
-8
-7
min °C
2
1
-3
-4
-4
-5
-5
0
-4
-9
-13
-12
-11
-10
-9
-7
 chill °C
-6
-6
-12
-12
-14
-16
-15
-8
-17
-22
-28
-27
-26
-23
-21
-16
Freezing level m
2350
2100
1600
750
750
550
200
1750
1350
150
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
—
4:50
—
—
4:48
—
—
4:45
—
—
4:41
—
—
4:37
—
—
Sunset
—
—
8:37
—
—
8:40
—
—
8:44
—
—
8:47
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—
8:51
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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 afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Mon night, min -5°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue night, extremely windy from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Thu night, min -13°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Thu night, light winds from the WNW by Sun afternoon).

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.
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
-1°C
clear
Mist -.
30
Fresh winds from the W
(30 kph at 260).
1.5 km
Low: overcast
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
11
Light winds from the W
(11 kph at 280).
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
59 minutes ago
4°C
-
9
Light winds from the NW
(9 kph at 320).
35 km
Mid: few
ASCATB296E64S
262 km SSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the SW
(28 kph at 234).
- km
ASCATB295E64S
277 km SW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
17
Light winds from the W
(17 kph at 259).
- km
ASCATB295E63S
287 km SW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
17
Light winds from the W
(17 kph at 274).
- km
ASCATB294E64S
326 km SW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
17
Light winds from the W
(17 kph at 280).
- km
ASCATB294E63S
326 km WSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
12
Light winds from the WNW
(12 kph at 284).
- km
ASCATB295E65S
335 km SSW
15m alt.
2 hours ago
13
Light winds from the SW
(13 kph at 230).
- 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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