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Nevados Ojos del Salado
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 2 pm Mon 10 Aug Local Time
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Issued: 2 pm Mon 10 Aug Local Time

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3 Nevados Ojos del Salado Elevations: 3 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Tue afternoon, min -13°C on Wed night). Mainly severe gales.											Days 5–7 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Thu afternoon, min -15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (gales from the WNW on Thu night, extremely windy from the NW by Sun morning).
	Mon 10		Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow
Cloud base (m)	6900	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5550	5850	5400	5350	5400	5350
km/h	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
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cm	—	5	8	7	10	14	18	16	6	8	7	3	3	2	—	2	2
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-8	-9	-8	-7	-10	-9	-9	-11	-11	-10	-11	-11	-10	-12	-13	-12	-14
min °C	-9	-10	-9	-8	-11	-10	-10	-13	-12	-10	-13	-12	-11	-15	-14	-13	-15
chill °C	-22	-23	-21	-19	-24	-24	-24	-27	-25	-23	-28	-26	-25	-30	-30	-29	-32

Freezing level m	3950	3600	3750	3950	3450	3550	3700	3350	3200	3600	3300	3150	3500	2750	2800	3300	2850

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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 Wed afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Tue afternoon, min -13°C on Wed night). Mainly severe gales.

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

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Thu afternoon, min -15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (gales from the WNW on Thu night, extremely windy from the NW by Sun morning).

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
Copiapó Universidad de Atacama 183 km WSW 478m alt. 3 hours ago		-	Wind obs. (32 kph from 150 degs) was rejected.
Desierto Atacama Airport 222 km WSW 204m alt. 2 hours ago	14° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the NW (13 kph at 310).	10.0 km Low: scattered Mid: broken
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 1 hour ago	2° C	-	Calm (0 kph at 338).
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 3 hours ago	6° C	Dry	Light winds from the W (13 kph at 270).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the E (15 kph at 90).	0.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	13° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Fresh winds from the NE (31 kph at 40).	10.0 km Low: few Mid: broken
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 343 km E 563m alt. 2 hours ago	11° C	Dry and cloudy.	Light winds from the SW (7 kph at 230).	8.0 km Low: overcast Mid: broken
Vicuña- Parque Los Pimientos 386 km S 644m alt. 3 hours ago		-	Wind obs. (18 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
Vicuña wx 386 km S 696m alt. 3 hours ago	17° C	-	Light winds from the W (11 kph at 268).
Salta Airport 397 km NE 691m alt. 2 hours ago	9° C	Dry and cloudy.	Light winds from the NNE.(Wind varies from 010 to 070 degs) (6 kph at 30).	10.0 km Low: overcast Mid: overcast

* 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.