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Nevados Ojos del Salado
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 8 pm Sat 05 Sep Local Time
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Issued: 8 pm Sat 05 Sep 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 Tue afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Sun morning, min -14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (near gales from the WNW on Sat night, extremely windy from the WNW by Tue afternoon).										Days 5–7 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Tue night, min -20°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (near gales from the WNW on Wed night, stormy winds from the NW by Thu night).
		Sunday 6			Monday 7			Tuesday 8			Wednesday 9			Thursday 10
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	snow shwrs	mod. snow	mod. snow	heavy snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	light snow	mod. snow
Cloud base (m)	6500	6350	6250	6050	6050		6050	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5400	5350
km/h	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW
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cm	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	8	9	16	3	2	2	—	4	9
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-11	-9	-9	-12	-11	-10	-11	-10	-10	-11	-12	-12	-13	-13	-11	-13
min °C	-13	-12	-10	-13	-13	-11	-14	-11	-10	-12	-12	-12	-15	-14	-12	-20
chill °C	-27	-26	-24	-28	-28	-26	-30	-26	-25	-27	-27	-27	-30	-28	-27	-38

Freezing level m	3250	3100	3750	2850	2850	3600	2900	3550	3750	3400	3200	3400	2850	2550	3550	3000

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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 Tue afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Sun morning, min -14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (near gales from the WNW on Sat night, extremely windy from the WNW by Tue afternoon).

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

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Tue night, min -20°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (near gales from the WNW on Wed night, stormy winds from the NW by Thu 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
Copiapó Universidad de Atacama 183 km WSW 478m alt. 2 hours ago		-	Wind obs. (32 kph from 150 degs) was rejected.
Desierto Atacama Airport 222 km WSW 204m alt. 2 hours ago	15°C	Dry and cloudy.	Light winds from the W (11 kph at 280).	10.0 km Low: scattered Mid: overcast
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 3 hours ago	8°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 315).
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 57 minutes ago	7°C	Dry	Wind obs. (18 kph from 0 degs) was rejected.
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago	14°C	Dry and cloudy.	Light winds from the SSW (15 kph at 200).	10.0 km Low: overcast Mid: broken
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 2 hours ago	16°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 68).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	16°C	Dry and cloudy.	Moderate winds from the E (28 kph at 90).	10.0 km Low: overcast Mid: scattered
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 343 km E 563m alt. 2 hours ago	14°C	Dry and cloudy.	Wind obs. (11 kph from 360 degs) was rejected.	8.0 km Low: overcast Mid: overcast High: overcast
Chapilca 363 km S 961m alt. 2 hours ago	16°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 330).
Vicuña- Parque Los Pimientos 386 km S 644m alt. 2 hours ago		-	Wind obs. (18 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.

* 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.