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Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather Forecast

Central Argentina-Chile · Chile

Issued: 8 am Wed 21 Oct Local Time

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Issued: 8 am Wed 21 Oct 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 -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -17°C on Wed morning). Mainly extremely windy.									Days 4–6 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Sun afternoon, min -20°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sat morning, near gales from the WNW by Mon morning).
	Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26
	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. snow	heavy snow
Cloud base (m)	5400	6650	5350	6100	6000	5650	6250	6300	6950	7050	6450				8900	7100	5600	5350
km/h	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
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cm	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-16	-15	-15	-15	-14	-15	-15	-15	-17	-17	-16	-15	-12	-11	-12	-14	-15	-16
min °C	-17	-15	-17	-16	-14	-17	-16	-16	-17	-17	-17	-18	-13	-11	-14	-15	-16	-20
chill °C	-36	-32	-36	-35	-31	-36	-34	-35	-35	-36	-35	-36	-28	-25	-28	-29	-32	-37

Freezing level m	3200	4050	3700	3500	4050	3200	3400	4000	3200	3350	3850	2950	3650	4400	3850	3800	3750	3500

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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 -14°C on Thu afternoon, min -17°C on Wed morning). Mainly extremely windy.

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

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Sun afternoon, min -20°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Sat morning, near gales from the WNW 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. 3 hours ago		-	Wind obs. (32 kph from 150 degs) was rejected.
Desierto Atacama Airport 222 km WSW 204m alt. 2 hours ago	23°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the W.(Wind varies from 250 to 310 degs) (19 kph at 280).	10.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 1 hour ago	24°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 338).
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 36 minutes ago	24°C	Dry	Wind obs. (10 kph from 135 degs) was rejected.
San Antonio wx 297 km ESE 973m alt. 18 minutes ago	24°C	Dry	Calm (2 kph at 45).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago		-	Wind obs. (15 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.	0.0 km
LARiojaAero 303 km SSE 429m alt. 1 hour ago	29°C	-	Light winds from the SSE (15 kph at 160).	40 km Mid: few
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 22 minutes ago	31°C	Dry	Calm (5 kph at 23).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago		-	Light winds from the W (9 kph at 270).	0.0 km
CatamarcaAero 318 km ESE 454m alt. 1 hour ago	30°C	-	Light winds from the E (7 kph at 90).	40 km Mid: scattered

* 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.