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Nevados Ojos del Salado
Weather Forecast, Chile
Issued: 2 am Sat 08 Aug Local Time
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Issued: 2 am Sat 08 Aug Local Time

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3 Nevados Ojos del Salado Elevations: 3 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat morning, min -18°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sun morning, stormy winds from the WNW by Mon night).									Days 4–6 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue morning, min -21°C on Wed night). Mainly extremely windy.
	Saturday 8			Sunday 9			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	heavy snow	snow shwrs	clear	light snow	mod. snow
Cloud base (m)		6850	7100			7250	7000	7100	6500	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	5350	7950	6450	5350
km/h	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW
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cm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	6	10	7	14	4	—	3	9
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-15	-16	-18	-17	-16	-15	-16	-15	-16	-15	-15	-16	-18	-18	-20	-19	-17	-16
min °C	-17	-16	-18	-18	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-15	-17	-18	-20	-21	-20	-18	-17
chill °C	-36	-34	-37	-37	-34	-34	-34	-34	-34	-32	-31	-36	-36	-39	-39	-38	-36	-34

Freezing level m	3400	3950	3500	3350	3950	3800	3750	4000	3750	3650	3850	3650	3400	3500	2550	2450	3350	3300

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Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Nevados Ojos del Salado is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Sat morning, min -18°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sun morning, stormy winds from the WNW by Mon night).

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

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue morning, min -21°C on Wed night). Mainly extremely windy.

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	8° C	No report.	Wind obs. (32 kph from 150 degs) was rejected.
Desierto Atacama Airport 222 km WSW 204m alt. 2 hours ago	12° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Calm (4 kph at 160).	Low: no cloud
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 2 hours ago	8° C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 180).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the W (9 kph at 270).	0.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 2 hours ago	8° C	Dry	Calm (2 kph at 315).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Calm (4 kph at 320).	0.0 km Low: few
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 343 km E 563m alt. 2 hours ago	5° C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SW (17 kph at 230).	9.0 km Low: no significant cloud Mid: broken
Vicuña- Parque Los Pimientos 386 km S 644m alt. 3 hours ago		-	Wind obs. (18 kph from 60 degs) was rejected.
Vicuña wx 386 km S 696m alt. 2 hours ago	8° C	-	Calm (0 kph at 357).
Salta Airport 397 km NE 691m alt. 2 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the W.(Wind varies from 250 to 320 degs) (9 kph at 280).	0.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered High: broken

* 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.