Finally, the first snowfall of the year was present in the southeastern portion of the Province of Buenos Airesas we anticipated several days ago here at Meteored Argentina.
In the context of the strong irruption of polar cold that covers all of Argentina, The meteorological attention was focused on what could happen on Friday night and early Saturday morning.when our ECMWF reference model maximized the probability of snow showers occurring.
In the afternoon, the atmosphere was extremely cold on the southeastern coast of Buenos Aires, largely due to the strong wind blowing from the south, which brought the perceived temperature down to values close to 0 °C. In Miramar, the first reports of small hail (graupel) began, which many confused with snow..
And when night came, reports of snow in the region began on social networks: The videos with the greatest intensity of the snowfall came from Sierra de los Padres, but also reports from nearby towns such as Batán.
In the early morning, for a brief period, there were snow showers in Mar del Plata, and a few witnesses were able to capture videos of the event.
Meanwhile, the official Mar del Plata weather station of the National Meteorological Service confirmed at 3 a.m. the presence of light showers of rain and snow, with a temperature below 3 °C.
In satellite images, the presence of a narrow strip was observed between Mar del Plata and Necochea and extending about 50 km inland where showers were frequent..
Snow will have fallen in several points of this limited region, but The time of the event did not allow for further audiovisual reports..
Polar cold in Argentina, what will the weather be like this weekend?
Meanwhile, in the rest of the country, Low temperatures are the notable meteorological phenomenon this weekend. Most of the country’s provinces maintained a yellow level alert for extreme temperatures for this Saturday, and in particular, In the west of Santa Cruz the level rose to Red.
El Calafate, as an example of what is happening in the coldest region of the country, reported early morning real temperatures below 13 °C below zero, and thermal sensation of around 18 °C below zero.
On Saturday, the cloud cover will continue in Patagonia with increasing and worsening weather, due to the arrival of a new low pressure system that will leave Snowfall as the day progresses in the central-southern mountain range, and also in low-lying areas of Santa Cruz and later Tierra del Fuego.
In the center of the country, The probability of showers remains on the Atlantic Coast of Buenos Aires, with the continued entry of cold air. The rest of the central region, despite presenting mostly sunny conditions, will experience a Very cold Saturday afternoon, to the point that the City of Buenos Aires expects an unusual maximum of only 10 °C. In northern Argentina, cloud cover will decrease, with a sunny and quite cool afternoon.
By Sunday the south wind will diminish and will rapidly shift to the west and northwest over central and northern Argentina. Very stable weather is expected, and morning frosts that would extend from the south of the Pampas region to even Uruguay and southern Brazil.
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