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Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather Forecast

Central Argentina-Chile · Chile

Issued: 8 pm Sun 11 Oct Local Time

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3 Nevados Ojos del Salado Elevations: 3 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Wed morning, min -24°C on Mon night). Mainly extremely windy.										Days 5–7 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Fri morning, min -18°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the W on Thu morning, gales from the W by Sat afternoon).
		Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	light snow	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	some clouds	light snow	heavy snow
Cloud base (m)	5550	5650	6150	6000	5400	6650	5350	6300	5500	5350	5400	5350	5400	5400	5350	5350
km/h	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W
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cm	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	5	10	4	6	3	—	2	11
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-19	-20	-21	-23	-22	-20	-19	-18	-18	-18	-16	-16	-16	-14	-14	-15
min °C	-21	-21	-21	-24	-23	-21	-20	-19	-18	-18	-18	-17	-18	-15	-14	-16
chill °C	-41	-41	-41	-45	-44	-41	-39	-38	-36	-36	-36	-34	-36	-31	-30	-33

Freezing level m	3100	2550	3300	2150	2300	3250	2500	2900	3350	3100	3050	3750	3150	3300	4000	3600

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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 Wed afternoon. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Wed morning, min -24°C on Mon night). Mainly extremely windy.

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

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Fri morning, min -18°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the W on Thu morning, gales from the W by Sat 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	11°C	No report.	Wind obs. (18 kph from 330 degs) was rejected.	0.0 km
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 1 hour ago	8°C	-	Calm (0 kph at 158).
ASCATC289E27S 279 km W 15m alt. 3 hours ago			Calm (5 kph at 219).	- km
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 1 hour ago	9°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 270).
ASCATC289E28S 294 km WSW 15m alt. 3 hours ago			Light winds from the SW (7 kph at 236).	- km
San Antonio wx 297 km ESE 973m alt. 1 hour ago	11°C	Dry	Calm (2 kph at 45).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 3 hours ago	16°C	Dry and cloudy.	Calm (0 kph at 0).	10.0 km Low: overcast Mid: broken
ASCATC288E28S 307 km WSW 15m alt. 3 hours ago			Light winds from the SW (6 kph at 234).	- km
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 1 hour ago	16°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 338).

* 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.