Overview
- Argentina’s national weather service issued yellow storm alerts for western Buenos Aires, eastern La Pampa, southwest Córdoba, southern La Rioja, San Luis and Mendoza, warning of hail, frequent lightning, brief heavy downpours and gusts up to about 70 km/h.
- The Córdoba alert window runs from 21:00 on January 6 to 08:59 on January 7 with expected rainfall of 15–30 mm, locally higher, and a risk of hail and strong gusts.
- Mendoza’s east faces possible isolated afternoon and evening storms with gusts and hail risk, while a southerly wind keeps the day’s high near 30°C with a slight temperature dip.
- Greater Buenos Aires saw a short warm spell with highs near 31°C, but a midweek cold front is set to knock temperatures back and bring a chance of isolated showers.
- Aemet reports Arctic air tied to storm ‘Francis’ is delivering sub-zero nights, frost and limited high-elevation snow in Spain, with low-temperature warnings in Murcia and predicted lows near −2°C in Córdoba and around −4°C in rural highland areas of Murcia.