Overview
- Spain’s weather agency issued orange snow alerts for Aragón and Castilla y León as the Transport Ministry deployed 633 snowplows and 116,425 tons of de-icer, with more than 50 roads affected and chains required on several Madrid mountain routes.
- Madrid neighborhoods and Valladolid reported snowfall and parts of Tarragona logged over 60 mm of rain, while AEMET forecasts additional snow Sunday in mountain ranges and locally on the northern plateau.
- AEMET also warned that storm Harry is approaching, with the northeast and the Balearic Islands likely to see intensified impacts early next week.
- In the United States, the National Weather Service flagged dangerous cold and snow from the Midwest to the Northeast and noted a low, short-lived chance of light snow in Tallahassee on Sunday morning, with local shelters opened for vulnerable residents.
- Mexico’s CNPC and SMN activated alerts for Cold Front No. 29, forecasting a marked temperature drop, heavy rain in Gulf and southern states, an intense ‘Norte’ wind event from the Gulf of Mexico into the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and possible snow or sleet on high peaks, while Argentina’s SMN posted yellow alerts for severe thunderstorms with hail and gusts up to 75 km/h in several provinces.