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.