by The first Carnival holiday arranged with a yellow level weather alert due to strong storms for the City and province of Buenos Aires, with possible gusts of wind and hail.
In addition to the AMBA area, the alert for severe storms also applies to 14 other provinces.
In Buenos Aires city, it started to rain around 8:30 and an hour later a deluge started that lasted for about 15 minutes and then subsided in intensity.
The morning storm complications in air operations in both Ezeiza and Aeroparque: there are delays and at least four arriving international flights had to be diverted to Montevideo. This situation is expected to continue in the afternoon.
In the case of the Atlantic Coast, where thousands of tourists enjoy the long weekend, the alert is orange level, so it is expected that the area will be affected by severe stormsaccompanied by falling hail, strong electrical activity, intense gusts and especially abundant falls of water in short periods.
The SMN indicated that accumulated precipitation values are estimated between 60 and 90 mm, which may be exceeded from time to time.
According to him National Meteorological Service, after the heat wave, Heavy rains are expected in the morning and of lesser intensity in the afternoon, then improving with mostly cloudy skies.
There will also be a south wind rotating to the southeast throughout the day and an estimated temperature of 22 degrees minimum and 28 maximum. In the city, The decrease in thermal marks compared to previous days was already evident in the morning, with temperatures around 20 degrees due to the southerly winds.
The meteorological organization also launched a yellow alert for the provinces of Jujuy, Catamarca, Jujuy, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, San Juan, Mendoza, Córdoba, Santa Fe and La Pampa.
In these areas it is expected locally strong storms, with accumulated precipitation values between 30 and 60 millimeters, which may be accompanied by abundant falls of water in short periods, strong electrical activity, occasional falls of hail and intense gusts.
And of Orange to the entire province of Tucumán, towns in the north of Santiago del Estero and the center of Salta.
In the affected areas, the SMN predicts storms of varying intensity, some locally strong or severe, which may be accompanied by hail, strong electrical activity, intense gusts that can exceed 70 kilometers per hour and especially abundant falls of water in short periods. . periods.
The agency estimated accumulated precipitation values between 60 and 90 millimeters, which can be exceeded from time to time.
How will the weather continue in the next few days?
This Tuesday, In the continuity of the extra long holiday, a day with somewhat cloudy skies and a temperature that will drop to thes 15 degrees minimum and 24 maximum.
and he Wednesdayfirst working day of this week, partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 17 degrees minimum and 25 maximum, according to the extended forecast.
