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Nevados Ojos del Salado Weather Forecast

Central Argentina-Chile · Chile

Issued: 2 pm Mon 05 Oct Local Time

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Issued: 2 pm Mon 05 Oct Local Time

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3 Nevados Ojos del Salado Elevations: 3 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Mon afternoon, min -19°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the W on Mon afternoon, extremely windy from the WNW by Wed morning).											Days 5–7 Weather Summary A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Sat morning, min -21°C on Thu night). Mainly extremely windy.
	Mon 5		Tuesday 6			Wednesday 7			Thursday 8			Friday 9			Saturday 10
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	some clouds	mod. snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	mod. snow
Cloud base (m)	5350	5350	5400	5550	5350	6650	6750	6100	5750	5350					6200	6300	5350
km/h	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW
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cm	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	8	1	—	—	—	—	1	9
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-13	-14	-15	-15	-17	-18	-16	-17	-18	-18	-20	-18	-16	-15	-14	-14	-16
min °C	-13	-16	-16	-16	-19	-18	-18	-18	-18	-19	-21	-20	-17	-16	-15	-14	-18
chill °C	-24	-32	-32	-33	-39	-38	-37	-36	-36	-37	-40	-40	-34	-30	-30	-30	-36

Freezing level m	3950	3800	3600	4000	3350	3250	3650	3250	3100	3450	2450	2550	3700	2850	3550	4050	3500

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

The weather forecast for Nevados Ojos del Salado is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Mon afternoon, min -19°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the W on Mon afternoon, extremely windy from the WNW by Wed morning).

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

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -14°C on Sat morning, min -21°C on Thu 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
Desierto de Atacama Airport 224 km WSW 197m alt. 2 hours ago		Clouds dissolving.	Light winds from the W.(Wind varies from 250 to 320 degs) (15 kph at 280).	0.0 km Mid: scattered
Bella Vista Ambato 286 km ESE 1474m alt. 1 hour ago	16°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 270).
La Rioja Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport 300 km SSE 429m alt. 2 hours ago	27°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the SE (6 kph at 140).	10.0 km Low: scattered
San Fernando del Valle de 308 km ESE 577m alt. 38 minutes ago	22°C	Dry	Light winds from the NE (11 kph at 45).
Catamarca Airport 318 km ESE 454m alt. 2 hours ago	27°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Moderate winds from the NE (24 kph at 50).	10.0 km Low: few Mid: broken
Tucuma / eniente 343 km E 450m alt. 2 hours ago	21°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Wind obs. (6 kph from 1 degs) was rejected.	9.0 km Low: broken Mid: broken High: overcast
La Hoyada wx 362 km ENE 1146m alt. 37 minutes ago	23°C	Dry	Light winds from the ESE (14 kph at 113).
Chapilca 363 km S 961m alt. 52 minutes ago	16°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 141).
Vicuña wx 386 km S 696m alt. 1 hour ago	19°C	-	Strong winds from the E (39 kph at 88).
Salta Airport 397 km NE 691m alt. 2 hours ago	21°C	Dry and partly cloudy.	Light winds from the NNE.(Wind varies from 350 to 090 degs) (13 kph at 30).	10.0 km Low: scattered Mid: 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.