Rain is expected for the next few hours and a drop in temperatures

After long days of intense heat and peaks of 38°C, relief will soon come to the City of Buenos Aires. As reported by National Weather Servicethe rains will reach the territory of Buenos Aires during this Monday, causing a drop in temperature.

Thus, the beginning of the week will begin with rainy and will cause a minimum temperature of 25° degrees and a maximum of 32°. The morning will be marked by a probability between 40% and 70% of isolated thunderstorms. During the afternoon, the situation will improve and the precipitation will be only showers, with a probability between 10% and 40%.

In addition, it is expected that during the day the winds from the northeast sector will predominate, which will have a speed between 13 and 22 kilometers per hour.

CABA suffered the highest temperature for February since 1961 today, with 38.1 degrees at 4:00 p.m. (NA)
CABA suffered the highest temperature for February since 1961 today, with 38.1 degrees at 4:00 p.m. (NA)

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For the rest of the week, Tuesday will also start with isolated thunderstorms, although the situation will improve later and the weather will continue to be mostly cloudy. For this day, a minimum of 23 degrees and a maximum of 34 degrees are expected. At the same time, the winds will blow from the northern sector, which will then turn towards the southern and eastern sectors.

Help will begin to arrive on Wednesday when the minimum marks 20° degrees and the maximum 33° degrees. The sky will remain somewhat cloudy and there will be southerly winds with a speed between 7 and 22 kilometers per hour.

On Thursday, the sky will also remain somewhat cloudy with a minimum temperature of 18°C ​​and a maximum of 28°C. Southeast winds are expected with a speed between 13 and 31 kilometers per hour.

The hottest cities today at 6:00 p.m. were La Rioja with 40.8 degrees and Santiago del Estero with 40.4 degrees (NA)
The hottest cities today at 6:00 p.m. were La Rioja with 40.8 degrees and Santiago del Estero with 40.4 degrees (NA)

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Friday will be marked by a cloudy sky with a minimum temperature of 15°C and a maximum of 26°C. Winds are expected in a northeast direction and with a speed between 15 and 22 kilometers per hour.

Finally, clear skies are expected on Saturday with a minimum temperature of 14 degrees and a maximum of 27 degrees. Alternately, there will be northeasterly and easterly winds, with speeds between 13 and 22 kilometers per hour.

There City of Buenos Aires Sunday recorded the highest temperature record in February 1961con 38.1 degrees. A figure that marks the extreme heat wave suffered by the city. According to the SMN, CABA endured the hottest night in 60 years from Saturday to Sunday.

In this sense, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) has issued an orange alert for extreme temperatures for several municipalities in four provinces and AMBA. Additionally, a red alert for northwest Mendoza and much of Corrientes, while La Rioja and Santiago del Estero were the hottest cities.

In addition, the agency communicated the ranking of the hottest cities. Which was led by La Rioja with 40.8 degrees and Santiago del Estero with 40.4 degrees.

The list prepared by the SMN is continued by Tartagal (Salta) and San Juan, with 40 degrees; the city of Rivadavia in Salta, and Chamical (La Rioja) with 39.8, Termas de Río Hondo (Santiago del Estero) with 39.6, Morón (Buenos Aires) with 39.3, Reconquista (Santa Fe) with 39, 1 and Gualeguaychú (Entre Ríos) with 39.

Regarding the thermal sensation (ST), Marcos Juárez (Córdoba) was on the podium with a temperature of 42.5 degrees and 37; Pehuajó (Buenos Aires), with 41.5 and 36.6; and Coronel Suarez (Buenos Aires) with 39.5 and 34.3.

Mendoza is under a red alert level, meaning “high to extreme health effect”, with temperatures that “can affect anyone, even those who are healthy”.

On the other hand, the city of Buenos Aires and its surroundings, the center, east and southeast of the province of Buenos Aires, the northwest of Entre Ríos, the north and southeast of Corrientes and the north of Salta have the orange alert level, which implies the “moderate to high health effect” –

Extreme temperatures, the agency warned, “can be very dangerous, especially for at-risk groups,” such as boys and girls, people over 65 or people with chronic illnesses.

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