Overview
- Argentina’s meteorological service (SMN) maintains yellow and orange alerts across northern and central provinces for storms with hail, intense lightning, 20–40 mm of rain and wind gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Buenos Aires and the AMBA are forecast to see the heaviest rain in the early hours of March 5 with southeast gusts near 50 km/h and a marked drop in daytime temperatures as a cold front passes.
- Fresh advisories name Córdoba, Jujuy, Tucumán and other areas under storm alerts, while Corrientes faces an overnight yellow alert from March 4–5 with 30–50 mm possible and gusts up to 70 km/h.
- AEMET flags a Saharan-dust intrusion over the Community of Madrid, and Salud Madrid warns that elevated PM10 can irritate airways and raise risks for people with respiratory or cardiovascular disease, pregnant people, older adults and young children.
- Forecast rain in Spain can turn deposited dust into mud and cut visibility, and officials advise drivers to reduce speed, use lights, check wipers, avoid dry wiping and delay car washes until the episode ends.