Overview
- Mexico’s national meteorological service forecast showers and thunderstorms across the west, center, south and southeast, with stronger rainfall focused in Guerrero and Oaxaca.
- A concurrent heat wave is pushing temperatures to 40–45°C in parts of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango, with 35–40°C in several other states from the northeast to the south.
- Hazardous winds of 50–70 km/h and 2–3 m seas are expected in the Isthmus and Gulf of Tehuantepec, with additional gusty conditions in Baja California, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco and Guanajuato.
- Argentina’s weather service placed the Buenos Aires metropolitan area under a yellow alert for storms bringing persistent rain, lightning, occasional hail and gusts over 70 km/h, while Jujuy and parts of the Litoral face locally severe storms with stronger gusts.
- Forecasts for March 22 point to a polar trough increasing rainfall and lowering temperatures in highland regions, with cold alerts already issued for early Sunday in parts of Mexico City.