Buenos Aires Herald 
Meteorologists have a warning for everyone in Buenos Aires City: take precautions. A cyclone is expected to hit the area on Thursday with strong winds, rainstorms, and a drop in temperature.
According to the SMN, rain is expected during Thursday evening and night, with temperature reaching a minimum of 7°C. No rain is expected for Friday, but the minimum temperature will drop to 4°C.
The Argentine capital is currently under yellow alert for winds, according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN, by its Spanish initials). Buenos Aires province has the same alert for wind as well as rain.
According to SMN Spokesperson Cindy Fernández, Buenos Aires is experiencing a process known as “cyclogenesis.”
“During cyclogenesis pressure plummets, and the atmosphere has to readjust to the new pressure, so air moves and produces wind,” explained Fernández in a post on X. “This also causes persistent rain,” which, combined with wind, can make soil go softer, potentially making trees fall.
“All of this to say, take precautions.”
The SMN warned that winds of 65-90 kilometers per hour are expected in the area. A large portion of Buenos Aires province will also endure between 40-70 millimeters of rain.
The center region of the country is under a yellow alert for extreme cold, with temperatures expected to drop to as low as -1°C. “Low pressure in front of the Buenos Aires province coast will favor cold air flow to enter, as well as intense winds,” said the SMN on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, meteorologist Alpio Costa wrote in an X post that “an extratropical cyclone” would be forming in Buenos Aires province, making the following days “very windy and considerably colder.”
In Mar del Plata, one of the largest cities along the coast of Buenos Aires province, the sea level has risen considerably and the wind has caused several trees and lampposts to fall since Wednesday night.
