Overview
- The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional issued a yellow alert for Zonda across much of Mendoza after strong, dry gusts moved from the precordillera into the plains on Wednesday.
- The Dirección General de Escuelas said morning classes were running normally and remains in permanent session with meteorological and security agencies to decide on afternoon and evening shifts.
- Universidad Maza suspended in-person activities until midday as a precaution while residents in Gran Mendoza reported fallen trees and localized power outages.
- Vialidad and Defensa Civil advised avoiding nonessential travel and urged drivers to take extreme precautions as forecasts show winds rotating southerly and rain reaching the llano late Wednesday into Thursday.
- The Zonda is a föhn-type wind that brings rapid warming and dryness followed by a frontal inversion that often flips conditions to cooler, wetter weather and intense cordillera snow, which has kept the Paso Cristo Redentor closed.