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Nevados Ojos del Salado
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 2 pm Fri 28 Aug Local Time
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Issued: 2 pm Fri 28 Aug Local Time

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3 Nevados Ojos del Salado Elevations: 3 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Sat afternoon, min -15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Fri afternoon, severe gales from the W by Mon morning).											Days 5–7 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Wed afternoon, min -10°C on Mon night). Mainly gales.
	Fri 28		Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 31			Tuesday 1			Wednesday 2
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Cloud base (m)	5350	5350	5350	6900	6700	5550	5350	5350
km/h	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W
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cm	—	—	—	—	1	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-10	-11	-10	-9	-10	-12	-12	-15	-10	-9	-8	-5	-4	-7	-4	-3	-6
min °C	-10	-13	-11	-10	-12	-12	-13	-15	-14	-9	-10	-7	-6	-7	-6	-5	-7
chill °C	-26	-30	-27	-25	-28	-28	-30	-32	-30	-22	-22	-19	-17	-18	-17	-15	-18

Freezing level m	3500	2800	3150	3650	3200	3000	3250	2300	2150	3350	2650	3150	4300	3300	3550	4400	3400

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

The weather forecast for Nevados Ojos del Salado is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Sat afternoon, min -15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Fri afternoon, severe gales from the W by Mon morning).

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

Mostly dry. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Wed afternoon, min -10°C on Mon night). Mainly gales.

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. 55 minutes ago	19°C	Clouds dissolving.	Light winds from the W (11 kph at 260).	30 km Low: scattered Mid: few
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 1 hour ago	14°C	Dry	Calm (5 kph at 45).
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 1 hour ago	18°C	Dry	Calm (5 kph at 0).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SSW (7 kph at 200).	0.0 km Low: broken Mid: broken
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 2 hours ago	24°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 113).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	25°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the ENE (9 kph at 70).	10.0 km Low: few Mid: broken
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 343 km E 563m alt. 2 hours ago	20°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Wind obs. (7 kph from 1 degs) was rejected.	9.0 km Low: broken Mid: broken High: overcast
Chapilca 363 km S 961m alt. 3 hours ago		-	Light winds from the WSW (8 kph at 240).
Vicuña wx 386 km S 696m alt. 1 hour ago	20°C	-	Calm (5 kph at 292).
Salta Airport 397 km NE 691m alt. 2 hours ago	25°C	Widespread dust blowing - in the vicinity.	Moderate winds from the NE.(Wind varies from 030 to 090 degs) (26 kph at 50).	10.0 km Low: few Mid: broken High: broken

* 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.