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Argentina Upgrades Storm Alerts as Spain Prepares for an Atlantic Front and Midweek Rains

Officials forecast an early‑March burst of wind, lightning, hail risk with locally heavy downpours.

Overview

  • Argentina’s meteorological service activated yellow storm alerts across multiple provinces and raised Córdoba and San Luis to orange, citing stronger convective activity.
  • Hazards include frequent lightning, possible hail, short‑period rainfall of roughly 25–50 mm, and wind gusts near 70 km/h with some areas warned of gusts potentially surpassing 90 km/h.
  • National guidance in Argentina points to a multi‑day episode from March 2–5 with falling temperatures and advisories to secure loose objects, limit travel, and seek safe shelter during storms.
  • In Spain, AEMET projects a frontal system bringing growing instability in Andalusia, with Córdoba shifting from cloud intervals early in the week to storms and rain becoming dominant from Wednesday.
  • Local forecasts in Galicia for March 2 were upgraded to high afternoon and evening rain and storm probabilities, with southerly or southeasterly gusts reported up to about 44 km/h in coastal and inland municipalities.