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Nevados Ojos del Salado
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 8 am Thu 16 Jul Local Time
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Issued: 8 am Thu 16 Jul Local Time

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3 Nevados Ojos del Salado Elevations: 3 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Thu afternoon, min -14°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Thu morning, extremely windy from the WNW by Fri afternoon).									Days 4–6 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Sun afternoon, min -16°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sun night, severe gales from the WNW by Tue night).
	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21
	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	light snow
km/h	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
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cm	—	—	2	4	3	18	9	12	19	7	9	8	—	2	6	4	2	3
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-10	-9	-11	-12	-11	-12	-13	-12	-12	-11	-9	-11	-11	-10	-11	-12	-12	-13
min °C	-11	-10	-12	-12	-12	-14	-14	-13	-13	-12	-10	-12	-13	-10	-11	-12	-13	-16
chill °C	-26	-27	-30	-31	-30	-34	-33	-31	-30	-29	-27	-30	-31	-26	-26	-28	-29	-32

Freezing level m	3450	3750	3250	3050	3250	3050	2900	3150	3200	3050	3400	2950	2500	3350	3250	3100	3250	3000
Cloud base (m)	7000	6650	5550	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5400	5400	5350	5450	5600	5350

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Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Nevados Ojos del Salado is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Thu afternoon, min -14°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Thu morning, extremely windy from the WNW by Fri afternoon).

Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Sun afternoon, min -16°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sun night, severe gales from the WNW by Tue night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Nevados Ojos del Salado at the specific elevation of 5000 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Nevados Ojos del Salado. 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 Chile.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather Station	Temp.	Weather	Wind	Cloud Visibility Cloud / Visibility
Desierto Atacama Airport 222 km WSW 204m alt. 2 hours ago	15° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Moderate winds from the N (28 kph at 10).	10.0 km Low: scattered Mid: broken
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 51 minutes ago	29° C	Dry	Wind obs. (6 kph from 45 degs) was rejected.
San Antonio wx 297 km ESE 973m alt. 1 hour ago	31° C	Dry	Wind obs. (6 kph from 225 degs) was rejected.
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago		-	Calm (2 kph at 230).	0.0 km
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 2 hours ago	18° C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 0).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the NW (6 kph at 320).	0.0 km Low: broken Mid: broken
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 343 km E 563m alt. 2 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Wind obs. (9 kph from 310 degs) was rejected.	0.0 km Low: no significant cloud Mid: few High: overcast
La Hoyada wx 362 km ENE 1146m alt. 2 hours ago	23° C	Dry	Light winds from the W (6 kph at 270).
Chapilca 363 km S 961m alt. 3 hours ago	12° C	Dry	Calm (2 kph at 111).
Vicuña wx 386 km S 696m alt. 2 hours ago	10° C	-	Calm (3 kph at 242).

* 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.