Overview
- NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center and the IRI describe a late‑winter shift toward ENSO‑neutral that increases the likelihood of above‑average temperatures in the South and Southwest, with some outlooks indicating highs 10–20°F above normal.
- Short‑term forecasts call for a new surge of Arctic air into the Northeast on Friday, bringing snow and sharp temperature drops from New York to Boston, with snow also anticipated in parts of Virginia and the Carolinas.
- Argentina’s meteorological service issues yellow alerts for storms across Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, Córdoba, San Luis, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Salta and Jujuy, warning of hail, intense lightning, 30–50 mm of rain and wind gusts up to 70 km/h.
- The SMN also posts a yellow alert for extreme heat in Misiones, and the Buenos Aires metropolitan area is forecast to clear into a sunny, mild weekend after an unstable Thursday.
- AEMET‑based guidance for Galicia points to widespread rain, frequent thunderstorms and strong southwesterly winds on Friday, with gusts near 60–68 km/h and very high precipitation probabilities across multiple municipalities.