Overview
- The national meteorological service placed Tucumán under an orange alert for locally strong storms with 40–60 mm of rain, possible hail, intense lightning and wind gusts up to about 90 km/h.
- Yellow storm alerts cover parts of the Buenos Aires coast, Cuyo, NOA, Córdoba and other provinces, while western Chubut and Santa Cruz face an orange wind alert with westerlies of 65–80 km/h and gusts that may exceed 110 km/h.
- In the AMBA and La Plata areas, forecasters expect a hot, unstable day with a chance of showers and thunderstorms toward the evening.
- The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange projects highly uneven rainfall of roughly 25–75 mm across many agricultural zones and warns of severe storm cores with torrential downpours and hail.
- Outlooks describe a brief heat surge followed by a southerly air mass that will drive sharp weekend cooling and localized frosts in higher terrain, and provincial authorities such as Mendoza and Córdoba have issued safety advisories.