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Argentina Issues Cordillera Snow and Wind Alert as Mexico Eyes Heavy Rains and Spain Splits Between Wet Galicia and Warm Valencia

Officials urge precautions for hazardous travel, flooding, coastal surf, heat illness.

Overview

  • Argentina’s SMN keeps a yellow alert for the cordilleras of Catamarca, La Rioja and San Juan with snow totals of 15–25 cm, locally higher at altitude.
  • West winds of 50–70 km/h with gusts above 100 km/h are expected in the Argentine high terrain, raising risks of blowing snow and poor visibility.
  • Mexico’s SMN forecasts widespread thunderstorms with strong winds, rough Pacific seas of 1.5–2.5 m and very heavy rain in states including Durango, Zacatecas and Nuevo León.
  • Extreme heat persists in Mexico’s southeast, with highs of 40–45 °C in Campeche and Yucatán, prompting warnings for heat-related illness.
  • AEMET guidance for Spain points to morning rain across Galicia’s Pontevedra area with high precipitation probability, a cooler, showery Sunday in Extremadura that improves Monday, and a warmer, mostly dry day near 31 °C in València with southeasterly gusts near 30 km/h.