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Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather Forecast

Central Argentina-Chile · Chile

Issued: 8 am Wed 16 Sep Local Time

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Issued: 8 am Wed 16 Sep Local Time

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3 Nevados Ojos del Salado Elevations: 3 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Wed morning, min -19°C on Fri night). Mainly severe gales.									Days 4–6 Weather Summary A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Mon afternoon, min -18°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Sun morning, light winds from the WSW by Mon morning).
	Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21
	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	some clouds	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Cloud base (m)				9000	6400	5550	5400	5700	5350	5350	5350	5400	5900	6150	5400			5700
km/h	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	W	WNW	WSW	WNW	WNW	SW	WSW	W	WSW
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mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-13	-14	-15	-14	-15	-14	-17	-16	-18	-16	-15	-14	-11	-11	-13	-11	-10	-11
min °C	-15	-15	-16	-15	-15	-17	-18	-17	-19	-18	-16	-15	-13	-12	-13	-12	-11	-11
chill °C	-30	-30	-32	-30	-28	-32	-32	-30	-35	-35	-32	-31	-29	-24	-22	-19	-20	-22

Freezing level m	3550	4100	3550	3600	3950	3700	3400	3750	3050	3150	3850	3550	3400	4200	3500	3750	4400	3700

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

The weather forecast for Nevados Ojos del Salado is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Wed morning, min -19°C on Fri night). Mainly severe gales.

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

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Mon afternoon, min -18°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Sun morning, light winds from the WSW by Mon 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.	Light winds from the NNW (18 kph at 330).	0.0 km
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 2 hours ago	9°C	Dry	Calm (2 kph at 135).
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 2 hours ago	14°C	Dry	Wind obs. (6 kph from 315 degs) was rejected.
hy2b289E27S 299 km W 15m alt. 3 hours ago			Light winds from the NNE (10 kph at 12).	- km
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 3 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SW (19 kph at 230).	0.0 km Low: few Mid: broken
hy2b289E26S 301 km W 15m alt. 3 hours ago			Light winds from the NNE (8 kph at 32).	- km
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 2 hours ago	21°C	Dry	Wind obs. (11 kph from 90 degs) was rejected.
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 3 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Moderate winds from the NE (22 kph at 50).	0.0 km Low: few Mid: broken
Tucuma / eniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport 343 km E 563m alt. 3 hours ago		Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the N (13 kph at 0).	0.0 km Low: no significant cloud Mid: broken High: 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.