Follow the red alert for extreme heat at the weekend: how to take care of high temperatures

After an intense week heathe National Weather Service (NMS) extended the Red alert For extreme temperatures for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and some districts of Suburbs of Buenos Aires. Yesterday the thermal in the federal capital exceeded 41 degrees and another day of oppressive highs is expected, so it is necessary to take into account some recommendations to avoid suffering from a heatstroke.

According to the SMN Alert System, the warning applies to the territory of Buenos Aires and the Buenos Aires neighborhoods of Almirante Brown, Avellaneda, Berazategui, Florencio Varela, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, Presidente Perón and Quilmes.

To these cities are added Berisso, Ensenada, La Plata, Brandsen, Cañuelas, San Vicente, Esteban Echeverría, La Matanza, Ezeiza and Merlo, where the highest temperature in the whole country was recorded on Friday when the wind chill reached 44.1 degrees in the afternoon. Similarly, the city of Buenos Aires also reached stifling highs reporting 41.2 degrees.

For this Saturday, the maximum expected for this region affected by the red alert will oscillate between 34 and 37 degrees, but the thermal sensation could reach the position above 40°C again.

The situation could continue on Sunday, since the forecasts for the territory of Buenos Aires and part of the municipalities of Buenos Aires affected by the Hello Hello indicates that the thermometer will return to position between 35 and 36 degrees, depending on the zone.

The other municipalities in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, as well as those bordering the province of Between riversas San Fernando, Campana and Zárate are under amber alert due to the high temperatures announced. The same warning also applies to much of the Entre Ríos territory and the province of Currents.

These temperature levels are “very dangerous” for people, as they can affect even healthy people, according to the SMN. For this reason, certain recommendations must be taken into account to avoid heatstroke and pass high temperatures as well as possible.

To avoid an image of this style, you have to pay attention to your hydration and diet, so it is recommended not to drink very cold or hot drinks, not to eat heavy foods and to drink plenty of water. ; reduce physical activity in the hottest hours; stay in ventilated and cool places; wear loose, light clothing; wetting the body frequently; Do not expose yourself to direct sunlight between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.; avoid alcoholic beverages; and never stay in closed and unventilated places.

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The most common symptoms of heat stroke are body temperatures over 40 degrees; red, hot skin; rapid breathing and heartbeat; throbbing headaches; altered mental state such as dizziness, lightheadedness, disorientation, delusions, confusion, or loss of consciousness; and even seizures. In case of presentation of one of these physical manifestations, it is advisable to go to a medical center to receive the corresponding care.

Extreme temperatures affected the city area and the province of Buenos Aires for several days. The SMN has even published a report in which it assures that the weather conditions exceeded a “historical record” for the first week of March. According to this document, the “most significant” climatic anomalies were in the northern region of the territory of Buenos Aires and varied between 8°C and 10°C above normal for this time of year.

“This very extreme temperature trend which is repeated at the beginning of the climatological autumn it is caused by a semi-steady circulation pattern, commonly referred to as a blockage. The South Atlantic anticyclone is strongly intensified on the surface, providing a northerly wind and humidity in the center of the country and atmospheric locking conditions in the middle and high levels of the atmosphere on the central band of the country, prevent the entry of colder air into the region, favoring persistent very high temperatures for the period of the year and giving rise to the development of this very intense and late heat wave”, they explained.

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