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Patagonia Under Wind and Rain Alerts as Yucatán Faces Very Strong Storms

Authorities flag contrasting early‑October conditions across the region, with central Argentina warming toward a potentially stormy weekend featuring Zonda risk.

Overview

  • Argentina’s national weather service issued yellow alerts for western and northern Santa Cruz and southern Chubut, forecasting 30–50 mm of rain and westerly gusts that may exceed 90 km/h.
  • Mexico’s meteorological agency and Yucatán civil protection warn of strong to very strong thunderstorms across Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo, with electrical activity, gusty winds and higher coastal waves.
  • Buenos Aires metro’s latest outlook points to isolated thunderstorms Saturday night with a 10–40% chance and possible gusts above 50 km/h on the week’s warmest day near 28 °C.
  • Mendoza forecasts temperatures rising to about 33 °C on Friday with Zonda winds in the precordillera and the south that could descend to the plains, while Córdoba may reach 35 °C Saturday with isolated storms later.
  • AEMET‑based local forecasts keep Galicia largely dry with negligible rain chances, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center monitors two Atlantic disturbances with low formation odds of roughly 10–20%.