Overview
- Argentina’s meteorological service kept orange alerts for dangerous storms across provinces including Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, Corrientes, Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán, warning of frequent lightning, hail, gusts over 90 km/h and 60–100 mm of rain.
- Yellow alerts expanded to surrounding areas with storms of varied intensity, where gusts could reach about 70 km/h and rainfall totals of 40–70 mm, alongside routine safety guidance to secure property and avoid exposure during peak storms.
- In the Buenos Aires region, rain was forecast for Friday evening with a Saturday yellow wind alert calling for gusts up to 75 km/h, while municipal and SMN data confirmed early rainfall in Santa Fe under an active orange alert.
- Mexico’s weather agency reported Frente Frío 27 driving very cold conditions, severe frosts and very strong winds—locally 70–90 km/h—in northern and northwestern states, with risks of snow or ice in high terrain and a prolonged Gulf ‘Norte’ expected through the weekend.
- Spain’s AEMET named storm Goretti and placed fourteen autonomous communities and Melilla under alerts for wind, rain, snow and rough seas, including orange warnings on northern coasts and mountain areas, with the most severe conditions concentrated Friday into Saturday.