Overview
- Argentina’s national weather service placed yellow alerts for storms, heavy rain and strong winds across 11 provinces, warning of 20–50 mm of rain, hail, lightning and gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Buenos Aires City and surrounding areas remain hot today, with the SMN forecasting brief showers returning in the early hours and afternoon of Saturday, followed by renewed heat into next week.
- AEMET kept Girona on orange alert for heavy rain, snow, coastal storms and avalanche risk, with Barcelona and Tarragona on yellow alert as strong precipitation focuses on eastern Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
- Galicia entered the day with very high storm probabilities in multiple municipalities, with local forecasts citing up to a 95% chance of thunderstorms and significant morning rain before a gradual easing later.
- Mexico’s SMN reported Cold Front No. 24 entering via Baja California, bringing cooler conditions, strong winds, rain and possible snow or sleet in northern sierras, alongside separate systems driving strong to very strong rains in parts of the south and southeast.