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Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather Forecast

Central Argentina-Chile · Chile

Issued: 2 pm Sat 03 Oct Local Time

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3 Nevados Ojos del Salado Elevations: 3 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Mon afternoon, min -18°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WSW on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the WNW by Mon afternoon).											Days 5–7 Weather Summary A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue afternoon, min -20°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Tue night, gales from the WNW by Fri morning).
	Sat 3		Sunday 4			Monday 5			Tuesday 6			Wednesday 7			Thursday 8
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	some clouds	snow shwrs	mod. snow	heavy snow	heavy snow	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	mod. snow	light snow	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)	5750	6500	5350	5350	5350	5400	5350	5400	5350	5600	5450	5950	6400	5800	5550	5400	6100
km/h	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW
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cm	—	3	9	12	12	2	1	6	2	—	3	—	—	6	1	4	1
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-14	-13	-14	-15	-15	-17	-17	-17	-17	-16	-17	-18
min °C	-17	-18	-18	-16	-17	-15	-13	-16	-16	-16	-18	-18	-17	-17	-17	-17	-20
chill °C	-36	-36	-36	-34	-35	-30	-25	-32	-33	-34	-37	-37	-36	-35	-35	-34	-38

Freezing level m	3400	2800	3100	3500	3250	3400	4000	3350	3600	4000	3450	3300	3700	3250	3300	3600	2700

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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 Sun afternoon. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Mon afternoon, min -18°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WSW on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the WNW by Mon afternoon).

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

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue afternoon, min -20°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Tue night, gales from the WNW by Fri 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		-	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).	10.0 km Low: scattered Mid: broken
Yunka Suma 254 km E 1450m alt. 3 hours ago	19°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 23).
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 42 minutes ago	22°C	Dry	Wind obs. (11 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
San Antonio wx 297 km ESE 973m alt. 2 hours ago	24°C	Dry	Wind obs. (13 kph from 0 degs) was rejected.
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago	30°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SE (15 kph at 140).	10.0 km Low: few
LARiojaAero 303 km SSE 429m alt. 3 hours ago	29°C	-	Light winds from the SE (15 kph at 140).	40 km Mid: scattered
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 58 minutes ago	30°C	Dry	Calm (2 kph at 158).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	31°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Moderate winds from the SW (28 kph at 230).	10.0 km Low: few Mid: scattered
CatamarcaAero 318 km ESE 454m alt. 3 hours ago	30°C	-	Fresh winds from the S (30 kph at 180).	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.