Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 8 am Mon 21 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Mon morning, min -18°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the W on Mon afternoon, light winds from the N by Tue night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Sat night, min -19°C on Fri morning). Mainly stormy winds.

Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
light snow
part cloud
light snow
mod snow
heavy snow
light snow
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
light snow
some clouds
light snow
mod. snow
heavy snow
light snow
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
50
50
50
0
200
150
150
km/h
75
WSW
85
W
75
WSW
70
WSW
60
W
15
W
10
SSW
55
WSW
75
SW
75
WSW
65
WSW
60
SW
85
WSW
80
SW
70
SW
70
WSW
65
W
70
W
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Snowflake cm
3
1
2
7
15
1
2
1
2
3
2
3
 mm
max °C
-9
-11
-15
-13
-11
-12
-17
-16
-16
-15
-14
-14
-18
-19
-13
-12
-12
-11
min °C
-10
-13
-17
-14
-11
-17
-18
-16
-17
-15
-15
-17
-19
-19
-19
-12
-12
-12
 chill °C
-24
-28
-34
-29
-24
-24
-24
-31
-34
-31
-30
-34
-38
-37
-37
-26
-26
-26
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
6:50
6:47
6:43
6:41
6:37
6:33
Sunset
6:55
6:59
7:01
7:04
7:07
7:09

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Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Great Needle Peak is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Mon morning, min -18°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the W on Mon afternoon, light winds from the N by Tue night).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu morning. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Sat night, min -19°C on Fri morning). Mainly stormy 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
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
78 km NE
45m alt.
45 minutes ago
-2°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
54
Near gales from the W
(54 kph at 280).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
35
Fresh winds from the WNW
(35 kph at 290).
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
2 hours ago
-8°C
-
31
Fresh winds from the NW
(31 kph at 320).
35 km
Mid: overcast
Guardiamarina Airport
965 km NW
27m alt.
2 hours ago
2°C
clear
-
13
Light winds from the W
(13 kph at 260).
10.0 km
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
3 hours ago
2°C
No report.
11
Light winds from the WSW
(11 kph at 250).
10.0 km
UshuaiaAero
993 km NW
57m alt.
2 hours ago
2°C
-
19
Light winds from the SW
(19 kph at 230).
50 km
Mid: overcast
UshuaiaAero
993 km NW
57m alt.
2 hours ago
2°C
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 230 degs) was rejected.
50 km
Mid: overcast
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
670m alt.
2 hours ago
2°C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
17
Light winds from the WSW
(17 kph at 250).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
-1°C
clear
-
6
Light winds from the WSW
(6 kph at 240).
50 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
9
Light winds from the WSW
(9 kph at 240).
0.0 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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