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Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather Forecast

Central Argentina-Chile · Chile

Issued: 8 pm Fri 09 Oct Local Time

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Issued: 8 pm Fri 09 Oct 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 Sat night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sat morning, min -20°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (near gales from the WNW on Sat afternoon, extremely windy from the WNW by Mon afternoon).										Days 5–7 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Wed afternoon, min -22°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Tue morning, gales from the WNW by Thu afternoon).
		Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	clear	some clouds	light snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	heavy snow
Cloud base (m)	9300	6150	5600	5350	5350	5350	5350	5750	5950	5350	6350	5600	5450	6050	5350	5350
km/h	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
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cm	—	—	1	17	10	9	4	—	—	—	1	1	1	4	10	12
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-14	-13	-13	-14	-16	-16	-19	-20	-20	-21	-20	-19	-20	-19	-17	-18
min °C	-16	-14	-14	-16	-16	-17	-20	-20	-20	-22	-21	-19	-20	-19	-17	-20
chill °C	-31	-28	-28	-33	-33	-34	-39	-40	-40	-42	-41	-38	-40	-38	-35	-38

Freezing level m	3200	3650	4150	3650	3450	3750	3200	2850	3300	2700	2750	3250	2750	2800	3350	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 Sat night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Sat morning, min -20°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (near gales from the WNW on Sat afternoon, extremely windy from the WNW by Mon afternoon).

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

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Wed afternoon, min -22°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Tue morning, gales 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
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	15°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SW (13 kph at 220).	Low: no cloud
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 1 hour ago	9°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 225).
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 53 minutes ago	9°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 180).
San Antonio wx 297 km ESE 973m alt. 58 minutes ago	11°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 180).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago	16°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the NW (7 kph at 320).	10.0 km Low: broken Mid: broken
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 1 hour ago	15°C	Dry	Light winds from the NW (6 kph at 315).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	16°C	Shower - in the vicinity.	Calm (4 kph at 270).	10.0 km Low: overcast Mid: overcast High: overcast
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 343 km E 563m alt. 2 hours ago	14°C	Dry and cloudy.	Light winds from the WNW (6 kph at 290).	7.0 km Low: broken Mid: overcast High: overcast
La Hoyada wx 362 km ENE 1146m alt. 2 hours ago	13°C	Dry	Wind obs. (6 kph from 135 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.