Overview
- Argentina’s national weather service kept yellow alerts active on Dec. 23 for Jujuy, Salta, Formosa and Misiones, warning of frequent lightning, occasional hail, gusts potentially above 70 km/h and heavy downpours in short periods.
- Córdoba faces renewed risk into Nochebuena and early Dec. 25, with the provincial observatory flagging storms of varied intensity and the SMN projecting roughly 30–60 mm of rain with locally higher amounts.
- SMN guidance advises staying indoors where possible, securing loose objects, clearing drains, disconnecting appliances if water enters and keeping away from doors and windows.
- AEMET-based forecasts in Galicia show very high overnight rain probabilities near 100% for multiple towns on Dec. 22–23 with cool, humid conditions and periods of gusty winds.
- In Mexico’s Yucatán, a ‘fresh and humid’ Nochebuena and Christmas is forecast with scattered afternoon and evening showers, general totals of 5–25 mm with isolated 25–50 mm pockets and possible electrical storms and gusts.