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Nevados Ojos del Salado
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 8 am Sun 09 Aug 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 Tue night. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Tue afternoon, min -19°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sun afternoon, near gales from the WNW by Tue night).									Days 4–6 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Wed morning, min -21°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (gales from the WNW on Thu morning, extremely windy from the WNW by Fri night).
	Sunday 9			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14
	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	light snow
Cloud base (m)	6750	7200	7300	7050	6850	5900	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5600	5900	5350
km/h	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
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cm	—	—	—	—	—	4	6	11	18	10	18	8	10	9	7	1	3	3
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-17	-16	-16	-16	-15	-16	-15	-14	-15	-17	-17	-19	-18	-17	-18	-17	-17	-18
min °C	-19	-16	-16	-16	-16	-17	-16	-15	-17	-17	-19	-21	-18	-18	-19	-19	-17	-20
chill °C	-39	-34	-33	-33	-33	-35	-33	-31	-34	-35	-37	-40	-35	-36	-38	-38	-35	-40

Freezing level m	3350	3950	3750	3750	4000	3700	3750	3950	3700	3500	3600	3000	3300	3600	3300	3100	3550	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 Tue night. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Tue afternoon, min -19°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sun afternoon, near gales from the WNW by Tue night).

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

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Wed morning, min -21°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (gales from the WNW on Thu morning, extremely windy from the WNW by Fri night).

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
Copiapó Universidad de Atacama 183 km WSW 478m alt. 2 hours ago	8° C	No report.	Wind obs. (32 kph from 150 degs) was rejected.
Desierto Atacama Airport 222 km WSW 204m alt. 2 hours ago	11° C	No report.	Wind obs. (18 kph from 330 degs) was rejected.	Low: no cloud
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 1 hour ago	4° C	Dry	Wind obs. (8 kph from 338 degs) was rejected.
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 3 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SW (9 kph at 230).	0.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 1 hour ago	11° C	Dry	Light winds from the NNE (8 kph at 23).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 3 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Fresh winds from the NE (33 kph at 40).	0.0 km Low: few
Puerta Grande wx 328 km ESE 368m alt. 1 hour ago		-
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 343 km E 563m alt. 3 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the N (6 kph at 0).	0.0 km Low: no significant cloud Mid: broken
Vicuña- Parque Los Pimientos 386 km S 644m alt. 2 hours ago		-	Light winds from the ENE (18 kph at 60).
Vicuña wx 386 km S 696m alt. 53 minutes ago	4° C	-	Calm (3 kph at 97).

* 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.