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Nevados Ojos del Salado
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 8 am Tue 11 Aug Local Time
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Issued: 8 am Tue 11 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 Wed morning. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue morning, min -20°C on Wed night). Mainly extremely windy.									Days 4–6 Weather Summary A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun afternoon. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Fri morning, min -22°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Fri night, extremely windy from the NW by Sun morning).
	Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16
	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	light snow	mod. snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	light snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5400	5350	5350	5450	5350	5350	5350	5350	5550	5700	5350	5350
km/h	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW
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cm	5	9	11	15	11	8	3	10	8	1	2	2	—	2	1	—	5	3
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-15	-15	-16	-16	-17	-19	-18	-17	-17	-17	-17	-18	-19	-19	-20	-21	-20	-19
min °C	-16	-15	-17	-16	-19	-20	-19	-17	-19	-19	-17	-20	-20	-20	-22	-21	-21	-21
chill °C	-32	-30	-35	-33	-38	-39	-37	-34	-37	-38	-36	-40	-40	-41	-45	-44	-43	-44

Freezing level m	3750	3950	3500	3600	3550	3250	3150	3600	3300	3050	3500	2700	2850	3400	2700	2600	3100	2600

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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 morning. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue morning, min -20°C on Wed night). Mainly extremely windy.

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

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun afternoon. Extremely cold (max -17°C on Fri morning, min -22°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Fri 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 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.	0.0 km
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 28 minutes ago	3° C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 293).
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 29 minutes ago	4° C	Dry	Light winds from the N (8 kph at 0).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SW (13 kph at 230).	0.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 1 hour ago	9° C	Dry	Light winds from the ESE (11 kph at 113).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	9° C	Dry and cloudy.	Strong winds from the NE (43 kph at 50).	10.0 km Low: scattered Mid: overcast
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 343 km E 563m alt. 2 hours ago	5° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Calm (0 kph at 0).	7.0 km Low: no significant cloud Mid: broken
Vicuña- Parque Los Pimientos 386 km S 644m alt. 2 hours ago		-	Wind obs. (18 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
Vicuña wx 386 km S 696m alt. 52 minutes ago	9° C	-	Calm (0 kph at 48).

* 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.