Overview
- Argentina’s national weather service forecasts two south‑to‑north cold fronts bringing widespread thunderstorms, strong gusts and a surge of polar air that will be felt most over the weekend.
- In Buenos Aires, the SMN projects first showers on Wednesday followed by a full day of storms on Friday, ending the warm spell as maximums fall from around 30°C to near the mid‑teens.
- Mar del Plata is under a yellow alert for strong winds on Tuesday with gusts up to about 70 km/h, and authorities urge securing loose items and limiting outdoor activity.
- Mendoza has alerts for isolated storms from Tuesday night into Wednesday with 20–40 mm possible, electrical activity and hail risk, plus Zonda in some areas and renewed instability late week.
- In Spain, a Monday cold front brought Catalonia morning showers before a short mid‑week warmup toward 25–30°C, while Galicia faces persistent light rain, high humidity and gusts reaching roughly 30–44 km/h.