Overview
- Argentina’s meteorological service kept yellow alerts in place on January 17 for storms across Buenos Aires (outside CABA), San Luis, Mendoza, Córdoba, San Juan, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy, with hail, intense lightning, 20–50 mm of rain locally higher and gusts up to 75 km/h, alongside wind alerts in Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego with gusts near 90 km/h.
- Córdoba authorities flagged a high chance of Saturday storms in the capital with evening gusts up to 59 km/h, while Tucumán remained under a yellow alert with a forecast high near 30°C and stronger storms expected at night.
- As context, SMN had issued orange alerts a day earlier for severe storms in Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe and parts of La Rioja, Catamarca and Corrientes, warning of 60–90 mm of rain, frequent lightning, hail and gusts exceeding 90 km/h.
- Mexico’s Conagua projected the arrival of Cold Front No. 29 on January 17 with temperatures between −5 and 0°C and frost in parts of Nuevo León, winds of 40–60 km/h, and Protección Civil sustaining the Operativo Carrusel to offer hot drinks, blankets and shelter transfers.
- In Galicia, AEMET-based local forecasts for January 16–17 called for persistent cloudiness, very high humidity and a high probability of rain or thunderstorms, with daytime temperatures generally around 4–10°C in towns such as Meis, Cambados, Mos, Ponteareas and Tui.