Overview
- The National Weather Service issued yellow and orange alerts for Thursday across eight provinces, with severe storms forecast for Córdoba and San Luis and violent winds for south Chubut and west Santa Cruz.
- In the orange storm zones, forecasters expect 40 to 80 mm of rain in short bursts with frequent lightning, hail, and wind gusts above 90 km/h.
- Santa Fe city sits under an orange storm window from 9:26 a.m. to 2:59 p.m., with the SMN warning of the same hazards and possible local flooding.
- Yellow storm alerts cover the Buenos Aires metro, Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, La Rioja, Salta, Jujuy, and parts of Córdoba and San Luis, with 30 to 70 mm of rain and gusts up to 80 km/h expected.
- Patagonia faces westerly winds of 45 to 65 km/h with gusts that could top 120 km/h, and timing guidance points to morning impacts in Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, Córdoba, San Luis, and Santa Cruz followed by Salta, Jujuy, Chubut, and Santa Cruz later in the day.