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Argentina, Mexico and Peru Issue Weather Alerts as Storms, High Winds and Heat Converge

Forecasters link the hazards to interacting tropical and frontal systems, with Patagonia winds likely to strengthen next.

Overview

  • Argentina’s meteorological service kept yellow alerts for Tuesday in multiple provinces for storms with heavy rain, frequent lightning, possible hail and wind gusts up to about 90 km/h, mainly affecting the north and Patagonia.
  • The SMN cautioned that Patagonian wind alerts could escalate on Wednesday to orange in parts of Chubut and northern Santa Cruz, with sustained winds of 60–70 km/h and gusts potentially over 120 km/h.
  • Mexico’s Conagua/SMN forecast Tropical Wave No. 35 interacting with low pressure and the monsoon trough to deliver very strong to intense rains from Chiapas and Veracruz to the Yucatán Peninsula, alongside afternoon highs of 35–40 °C across wide areas.
  • Sonora’s civil protection officials said two Pacific low‑pressure zones are under watch with roughly a 50% chance of tropical development within 48 hours, noting no immediate threat but urging close monitoring.
  • Peru’s Senamhi maintained an orange alert through Tuesday for heavy precipitation, electrical activity, hail and strong winds in regions including Lima, Arequipa and La Libertad, as Lima expects sunnier breaks with the anticyclonic influence easing.