INMET Flags Heavy Rain Across Bahia and Centre-North as South Prepares for Midweek Storms

Overview

• INMET issued an accumulated-rain alert for more than 140 municipalities in Bahia, forecasting moderate to strong precipitation of 20–30 mm per hour and up to 50–100 mm per day with gusts near 55 km/h and elevated risk of flooding and landslides.
• Tocantins is under statewide yellow storm alerts with the possibility of hail in Palmas and Gurupi, where 20–30 mm/h (up to 50 mm/day) and winds of 40–60 km/h are expected.
• Piauí faces overlapping advisories, including intense-rain warnings in the Southwest and separate alerts for very low relative humidity of 12–30% in other areas, raising health and fire concerns.
• Parts of the Southeast see a brief stabilization with cooler temperatures after the cyclone’s departure, with forecasts noting firmer conditions in regions such as the Vale do Paraíba and the city of Rio.
• Paraná’s monitoring agency Simepar expects instabilities to return from Wednesday with a chance of new storms, while national outlooks continue to highlight springtime convective activity across the Centre-North.