Overview
- Mexico’s water commission warns a polar air mass linked to Cold Front 28 will sustain very cold conditions in Baja California with lows near −5 °C, frost and mountain snow, intensified by an Evento Norte.
- State civil protection in Baja California highlights recent winter-storm impacts since Jan. 9 and advises family emergency plans, slower driving on mountain roads, warm clothing and 911 use for emergencies.
- Argentina’s meteorological service flags late-Thursday into Friday thunderstorms for the Buenos Aires metropolitan area with frequent lightning, hail risk, wind gusts up to 70 km/h and 20–50 mm of rain, keeping the city under an orange alert.
- The SMN renews storm alerts in Santiago del Estero (yellow and orange) forecasting gusts up to 90 km/h and 60–90 mm of rain, and issues an orange alert in Corrientes for morning storms with gusts up to 70 km/h after an earlier window that could exceed 90 km/h; Misiones remains under a yellow alert with 20–60 mm possible.
- AEMET-based forecasts for Galicia indicate a high likelihood of rain and storms across multiple municipalities on Friday, with cool temperatures around 6–11 °C, very high humidity and occasional gusts approaching 30–50 km/h.