Overview
- The U.S. National Weather Service warns of extreme cold along Alaska’s Klondike Highway through December 9 with temperatures near −40°F and gusts up to 96 km/h, posing a high risk of frostbite and hypothermia.
- Argentina’s weather service maintains a yellow alert for Corrientes from December 7 at 09:00 to December 9 at 08:59 with persistent thunderstorms, possible hail, and daily rainfall of 40–60 mm, with gusts reaching 70–75 km/h at times.
- Additional SMN yellow storm alerts for December 9 cover parts of Misiones, eastern Corrientes, northeastern Entre Ríos, northwestern San Luis, Mendoza, eastern and southern La Pampa, southwestern Buenos Aires, Río Negro and Neuquén, with isolated strong storms, frequent lightning and gusts up to about 60 km/h.
- Yellow wind alerts in Argentina’s southeast Chubut and northeast Santa Cruz call for westerlies of 50–70 km/h with gusts that can exceed 90 km/h, and authorities advise securing loose objects and limiting travel.
- In northern Spain, AEMET and Euskalmet forecast a shift to rain and stronger southerly winds from December 9, with Bizkaia and Galician towns expecting high humidity, widespread light-to-moderate precipitation and local gusts around 65–75 km/h.