The truce has ended: a week of unrelenting heat is coming in Buenos Aires What the National Weather Service indicates

After a December with friendly temperatures, summer will be felt in full force starting Friday in the city of Buenos Aires and much of the Buenos Aires suburbs. According to a report issued by the National Meteorological Service (SMN). Maximum temperatures range between 31 and 36 degrees In this region of the country. Although the national organization did not issue an alert, it recommended that the most vulnerable populations take this action Necessary precautions to avoid risks In health.

According to the official source’s forecast, the hot weather today, Friday, which started with a minimum of 23 degrees, will continue throughout the day with partly cloudy skies. Meanwhile, winds are northerly at 9 km/h The expected high is 31 degrees As noon approaches, it will make Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires residents more heat conscious than they were a week ago.

Extended SMN forecast. Image: screenshot.

Similar weather conditions are expected on Saturday and Sunday. But on Monday, The panorama changes: The thermometer will rise day by day -33 degrees on Monday, 34 degrees on Tuesday, 35 degrees on Wednesday- Until it reaches 36 degrees Celsius on Thursday. For now, SMN warns that skies will remain “somewhat cloudy.”

National Authority The possibility of rain and storms was ruled out in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) over the next few days. He pointed out that the winds will continue to blow from the north at a speed of 9 km/h.

What SMN recommends In the face of extreme temperatures

and Extreme temperature event This is the period in which maximum and minimum temperature values ​​are expected to be recorded that could endanger people’s health.

After conducting a series of multidisciplinary studies in Argentina, it was found that there are certain threshold temperature values ​​above which the rates of morbidity and mortality in people increase. the Recommendations How to behave in this type of climate Indicated by the Ministry of Health:

  • Increase your water intake without waiting to feel thirsty to maintain adequate hydration.
  • Don’t expose yourself to the sun excessively, not even in the middle of the day (between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.).
  • Pay attention to children, boys, girls and the elderly.
  • Avoid drinks that contain caffeine, alcohol, or very sugary drinks.
  • Avoid very abundant meals.
  • Eat vegetables and fruits.
  • Reduce physical activity.
  • Wear light, loose, light-coloured clothing; Hat, dark glasses.
  • Stay in well-ventilated or air-conditioned places.
  • Remember that there is no drug treatment for heatstroke and that only the classical methods mentioned above can prevent and combat it.

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