Overview
- Spain’s AEMET has a special alert in effect, with an Arctic air mass dropping the snow level to 300–400 meters between late Thursday and Friday and producing notable accumulations in the Cantabrian range.
- Transport agency DGT warns of likely road disruptions in Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country, Navarra, Castilla y León and Huesca during the Thursday–Friday peak.
- AEMET expects widespread frosts, highs below 10 °C in large inland areas, very strong gusts in the northeast and Balearics, and rough seas in the Balearic sector.
- Mexico’s SMN reports Cold Front 15 is bringing a sharp temperature drop, winds of 60–80 km/h and a chance of snow or sleet in high terrain of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua and later parts of Sinaloa and Durango.
- SMN cautions that a second system, Cold Front 16, will approach by Friday, reinforcing low temperatures, strong winds and possible snowfall in the northwest, while rain and wind may cause flooding, landslides and downed trees.