Overview
- Spain’s meteorological services activated widespread warnings as DANA Alice arrived, with AEMET issuing orange alerts for Murcia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community for 30–60 l/m² in one hour or up to 100 l/m² in 12 hours, and Meteocat posting yellow alerts on the Catalan coast.
- Early readings in Valencia’s interior confirmed the event’s intensity, with Avamet reporting 25.8 l/m² in one hour at Zucaina and 38.9 l/m² accumulated in Vallanca, as forecasts pointed to stronger conditions shifting toward the coast and peaking Friday into Saturday.
- Hurricane Priscilla, a Category 1 system in the Pacific, is enhancing precipitation across western and southern Mexico through its outer bands, bringing strong to very strong rains, wind gusts up to 70 km/h and elevated waves, alongside additional low‑pressure channels and an approaching northern front.
- Monterrey was forecast to spend Thursday under a sustained rainy regime with a 60–70% chance of afternoon and nighttime showers and thunderstorms, according to SMN and CONAGUA guidance.
- Argentina’s SMN issued yellow alerts for rain in northwest Chubut and strong winds across parts of Buenos Aires province, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, and it expects rains and storms to return to the Pampas and the Buenos Aires metropolitan area from Saturday night into Sunday with locally strong cells possible and 20–40 mm along the east of Buenos Aires.