Red alert continues for extreme heat in CABA and the province of Buenos Aires: when the rains come

He National Weather Service (NMS) extended the Red alert for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), he Suburbs of Buenos Aires and certain neighborhoods in the center of the Province of Buenos Aires For heat extreme. THE rainy they might be coming soon, but they won’t bring much-needed relief.

The meteorological agency has warned that they are expected for this Saturday extreme temperatures, since they will be among the 10% of the hottest recorded in this area. For this reason, all the neighborhoods of Buenos Aires and the neighborhoods of Buenos Aires of Almirante Brown, Avellaneda, Berazategui, Florencio Varela, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, Presidente Perón, Quilmes, Brandsen, Cañuelas, Magdalena, San Vicente, Esteban Echeverría , are under alert Ezeiza, La Matanza, Merlo, General Alvear, General Belgrano, General Paz, Las Flores, Lobos, Monte, Navarro, Roque Pérez and Saladillo.

Highs are expected to be between 31 and 33 degrees, according to the SMN forecast, two points below the levels reached on Friday when the thermometer touched 36 degrees. In the same way, the thermal sensation could be even greater.

Thus, summer is still felt in the third month of the year, when temperatures begin to drop to give way to fall on March 21. This situation should even continue until next weekend.

Although rain is forecast, it may not bring relief as there is a 40% chance of rain isolated showers in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) late tonight this evening, but temperatures will continue to be above 30 degrees. On the other hand, in the districts of the center of the territory of Buenos Aires which are also under red alert like Saladillo and Roque Pérez, no rain is expected.

The NMS simultaneously issued an amber level warning for high temperatures for the North area Conurbano, some western neighborhoods like Mound there Morenoas well as matches At payment, Ensenada there Berisso. According to this alert, heat levels can have a moderate to high effect on health and be dangerous for groups at risk.

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In this context, caution should be exercised and all precautions taken to avoid a heatstroke such as, for example, not exposing yourself to the sun, reducing physical activity during the hottest hours, staying in ventilated places, paying attention to your diet, not consuming alcoholic beverages and closely monitoring children and elderly in the presence of possible symptoms.

The SMN also warned that high temperatures will be recorded in the northern region of the province of Buenos Aires; much of the province of Santa Fe, except for the northeast; the south of Between rivers; west of San Luis; a lot of Mendoza, except the southern zone; the central and eastern region of Cordoba; southeast of Santiago del Estero; and the north of Salta. All these regions of the country are under a yellow alert.

In the Entre Ríos neighborhoods of Diamante, La Paz, Nogoyá, Paraná and Villaguay, an orange alert is in effect, as temperatures are expected to reach 35 degrees during the afternoon of this Saturday. This situation could last until Sunday when the thermometer could reach 36°C.

In addition to the high temperature warnings, the SMN said on Sunday “intense storms are likely to occur in parts of the NOA and strong winds In chubut there Holy Cross», for which an alert was issued for high winds southeast of Chubut; much of the province of Santa Cruz, except for the mountain range; the coast of Land of Fire; and the Falkland Islandsaccording to information from telam.

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