While
Buenos Aires and part of the southern coast
is immersed in an area of strong storms, other provinces, located in the
center and north of the country
, are currently suffering a
hellish heat wave
with cities in which the mercury reached
50 degrees. of thermal
.
Nine days before the end of summer, the high temperatures do not let up and provinces such as
Córdoba, Santa Fe, Salta, Formosa, La Rioja, Catamarca and Santiago del Estero
seem to be clinging to the summer season lasting for a while longer.
That entire area is experiencing a suffocating heat wave with
orange and yellow alerts
.
It was the National Meteorological Service itself who
posted on its networks a table
with the locations that recorded the
highest temperatures
this Tuesday.
Thus, in the heat ranking, for example, the city of
Sauce Viejo, Santa Fe
, is seen as the place most similar to hell on earth and its
50.6 °C
, which it reached after 3:30 p.m.
Close, in terms of climate and not in distance in kilometers, was the Cordovan
Villa María
, which reached
49.5
degrees at 4 p.m.
The #HeatWave does not ease in the north of Argentina.
Several provinces maintain values between 38 and 44 °C.
Santa Fe reports 50 °C of thermal sensation!🥵 pic.twitter.com/TiIaymcYoz
— SMN Argentina (@SMN_Argentina) March 12, 2024
Sunchales
(Santa Fe) with 46.9,
Formosa
capital with 46.3,
Santiago del Estero
and its 45 degrees were other cities that were also shown in this heated ranking.
It should be remembered that the body maintains a yellow alert for high temperatures.
“They can be dangerous, especially for risk groups, such as boys and girls, people over 65 years of age, with chronic diseases,” they clarify.
The towns of Córdoba, where hail the size of an egg fell
But the heat
also left rains
that at times became true storms with short-term alerts.
In a town in
Juárez Celman, Córdoba
,
hail
fell , but of
enormous size
.
Social networks were filled with photos in which the piece of
ice was compared to an egg,
showing that its dimensions were much larger.
Something similar happened in
Río Cuarto and Marcos Juárez
.
But of course, everything was temporary, as the heat gained ground again.
Hail the size of an egg in Córdoba.
The trend for what follows in the week is one of a
slight improvement
that will be seen as the days go by.
On Thursday, for example, in Córdoba they anticipate a maximum of 27 degrees.
Meanwhile, for Santa Fe, 33 degrees are expected on Thursday and a maximum of 30 on Friday. The
relief
would be recorded during the
weekend
.
On Sunday the maximum would reach 26° and would continue to decline on Monday (22°).
D.S.