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Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather Forecast

Central Argentina-Chile · Chile

Issued: 8 am Sat 17 Oct Local Time

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Issued: 8 am Sat 17 Oct 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 Sun night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sat afternoon, min -19°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WSW on Sat morning, gales from the WNW by Mon afternoon).									Days 4–6 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -19°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Wed night, extremely windy from the WNW by Thu afternoon).
	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22
	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Cloud base (m)	5400		6000	5850	5800	5350	5400	5350	5350	5850	6000	5350	6200	6400	5600	6100	6300	5400
km/h	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW
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cm	—	—	—	—	2	15	6	7	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-14	-13	-16	-14	-15	-15	-17	-16	-18	-18	-17	-18	-16	-16	-16	-15	-14	-16
min °C	-15	-14	-16	-15	-15	-17	-18	-17	-19	-18	-17	-19	-18	-16	-17	-16	-15	-17
chill °C	-32	-30	-32	-31	-30	-34	-36	-33	-38	-37	-36	-38	-38	-35	-35	-34	-34	-36

Freezing level m	3550	4100	3300	3700	3950	3700	3350	3750	3500	3250	3750	3100	3250	3900	3100	3400	4100	3100

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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 Sun night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sat afternoon, min -19°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WSW on Sat morning, gales from the WNW by Mon afternoon).

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

Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -19°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Wed night, extremely windy from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

This table gives the weather forecast for Nevados Ojos del Salado at the specific elevation of 6000 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. 3 hours ago	15°C	No report.	Light winds from the E.(Wind varies from 010 to 150 degs) (7 kph at 80).	0.0 km
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 1 hour ago	9°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 135).
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 1 hour ago	10°C	Dry	Calm (5 kph at 0).
San Antonio wx 297 km ESE 973m alt. 1 hour ago	11°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 23).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 3 hours ago	15°C	Dry and cloudy.	Light winds from the SW (19 kph at 230).	10.0 km Low: overcast
LARiojaAero 303 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago	14°C	Distant precipitation but not falling at station.	Light winds from the SW (13 kph at 230).	35 km Mid: overcast
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 1 hour ago	16°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 203).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 3 hours ago	17°C	Dry and cloudy.	Light winds from the NNE (9 kph at 30).	10.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered High: overcast
CatamarcaAero 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	17°C	-	Light winds from the N (6 kph at 0).	40 km Mid: overcast
TucumanAero 341 km E 450m alt. 2 hours ago	15°C	Distant precipitation but not falling at station.	Wind obs. (9 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.	29 km 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.