Great Needle Peak weather
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Great Needle Peak Weather Forecast

Tangra Mountains · Antarctica
Issued: 2 pm Thu 08 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Thu night, min -8°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the W on Fri morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Mon morning, min -4°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
snow showers
clear
part cloud
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
light snow
light snow
some clouds
clear
clear
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
clear
Cloud base (m)
0
50
0
50
50
0
50
100
300
50
50
150
150
150
100
100
250
km/h
85
WSW
90
W
120
W
110
W
105
WNW
80
WSW
75
SW
50
WSW
40
WNW
50
W
45
SW
15
WSW
20
WNW
20
WNW
5
NW
10
SW
25
SW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-4
-1
-1
-2
-1
-7
-4
-4
-4
-3
-2
-1
-1
-1
-2
-2
-1
min °C
-4
-5
-1
-2
-6
-8
-5
-5
-5
-4
-4
-2
-1
-2
-3
-2
-2
 chill °C
-16
-17
-13
-14
-19
-21
-17
-14
-14
-14
-14
-7
-6
-7
-6
-5
-9
Freezing level m
0
450
1550
1300
1200
100
0
0
0
450
0
0
0
0
350
850
1450
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Sunrise
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:47
—
—
5:43
—
—
5:39
—
—
5:37
—
—
Sunset
7:43
—
—
7:45
—
—
7:47
—
—
7:51
—
—
7:53
—
—
7:57
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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 -1°C on Thu night, min -8°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the W on Fri morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Great Needle Peak Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Mon morning, min -4°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning).

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.
2 hours ago
-2°C
clear
Mist -.
50
Strong winds from the W
(50 kph at 270).
1.0 km
Low: overcast
BaseCarlini
86 km ENE
11m alt.
3 hours ago
0°C
Mist
46
Strong winds from the WNW
(46 kph at 290).
28 km
Mid: scattered
BaseEsperanza
175 km ESE
24m alt.
3 hours ago
2°C
-
9
Light winds from the W
(9 kph at 270).
30 km
Mid: few
Marambio Airport (Seymour Island)
241 km SE
232m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 300 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
BaseMarambio
245 km SE
200m alt.
3 hours ago
4°C
-
Wind obs. (6 kph from 290 degs) was rejected.
35 km
Mid: scattered
BaseSanMartin
690 km S
7m alt.
3 hours ago
1°C
moderate snow
Continuous moderate snow.
37
Fresh winds from the N
(37 kph at 0).
1.5 km
Mid: overcast
BaseOrcadas
836 km E
8m alt.
3 hours ago
0°C
light snow
Continuous light snow.
Wind obs. (13 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
3.0 km
Mid: overcast
Puerto Williams
965 km NW
14m alt.
2 hours ago
Dry and partly cloudy.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 1 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
Ushuaia Naval Base Airport
999 km NW
204m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 1).
0.0 km
Rio Grande Airport
1087 km NW
102m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
17
Light winds from the N
(17 kph at 0).
0.0 km
Mid: few

* 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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