Overview
- Central Buenos Aires province is under an orange alert for strong to locally severe thunderstorms with frequent lightning, hail, 50–80 mm of rain in spots, and gusts that may exceed 90 km/h.
- Yellow alerts cover the City of Buenos Aires and parts of Mendoza, San Luis, Córdoba, La Pampa, Santa Fe and Formosa for storms capable of 30–65 mm of rain, frequent lightning and gusts near 70 km/h.
- For Buenos Aires City, the warning window runs from 3:00 p.m. to 8:59 p.m. local time with potential for brief heavy rain, intense gusts, frequent electrical activity and isolated hail.
- The SMN advises staying indoors, avoiding electrical appliances and corded phones, remaining inside vehicles when traveling, and cutting power if water enters homes, with added guidance to secure loose items and avoid outdoor activity during strong winds.
- In Mendoza, forecasters expect growing instability through the week with a peak of widespread rain on Thursday that could exceed 20 mm in parts of the province, possibly lingering into early Friday.