They assure that “it is not expected” that the extreme heat will return in the short term

After two weeks of very high temperatures, a cold front will bring relief to parts of the country. This was confirmed by National Weather Service (SMN) specifying that the extreme heat should not reappear in the short term.

Both in summer and in March, a historic temperature record was recorded in the country. There hello heat It affected different provinces and various inconveniences were generated both in terms of the health of the population and the supply of electricity service, which was affected due to high demand.

Although the situation continued for 15 consecutive days, the SMN announced that “a similar extreme heat episode should not happen again” in the short term. In the report, it was detailed that there will be changes in weather matters due to “the arrival of a cold front from Patagonia, which will lead to lower temperatures and probable precipitation”.

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Although the drop in temperature is occurring in much of Argentina, the agency said the heat will continue in the center and north of the country. In this regard, it has been indicated that towards the end of the week there will be an end to extreme temperatures. In fact, the forecast estimates that there will be a probability of precipitation in the Pampean region, Cuyo and part of northern Argentina.

“In the short term, a similar event is unlikely to happen again,” the SMN said of the oppressive heat. For this reason, the highest values ​​will remain in the north of the country, where temperatures will exceed 32 degrees until March 24.

The agency said “the situation that has been recorded in recent weeks is not frequent for this period” so it is considered “extreme and with consequences for people’s health”.

this Thursday at Federal Capital Isolated thunderstorms are expected in the morning and afternoon. However, the maximum temperature will be 31 degrees. For Friday the maximum will be 32° and the sky will remain partly cloudy.

From the weekend, a drop in temperature will begin to be recorded and until next Wednesday the maximum will be around 26 degrees. In other words, over the next few days, the extreme heat that led to a red alert in some places will not return.

From the National Meteorological Service, it was recalled that the extreme temperature events during the last three consecutive years are effects of the phenomenon of The girlwhich also caused a severe drought in several provinces, said Telam. In fact, he explained that the average temperature was up to 6 and 7 degrees above average, while the average maximum temperature was up to 10 degrees above normal in northern Buenos Aires and the far south. from Santa Fe and Entre Ríos. .

In this context, the Buenos Aires Central Observatory (OCBA), reported that the capital recorded a maximum temperature of 38.9C, a historic figure given that it had not occurred in a March in 117 years. In addition, it was pointed out that for the first time there were 15 consecutive days with maximum temperatures above the heat wave threshold (maximum) of 32.3 degrees, while the previous record was 11 days in 2017.

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