Argentina — the Antarctic front landed on schedule

PEAK · September 16, 2026 · NO. 0916

THE STORM

Yellow snow today — Santa Cruz 10–20 cm, Tierra del Fuego to 15 cm, the Chubut cordillera and plateau to 30 cm — exactly the Wednesday this page timed two editions ago. Warming from the north follows in the second half of the week.

THE RECORD

11 turning points on record since Jul 6 — the 8 most recent shown.

Sep 15active → building

Sep 13▽ slipped down the board

Sep 12▽ slipped down the board

Sep 11↑ became confirmed

Sep 8building → active

Aug 28easing → building · became confirmed

Aug 27▽ slipped down the board

Aug 24appeared, peak

WHO IT TOUCHES

Maritimea depression on a ramp to a typhoon, a fishing coast under red, and a coastal wind ramp booked for tomorrow

Energycooling load in one hemisphere, heating load in the other, and a hydropower release with a schedule

CONNECTED

Two separate southern-hemisphere cold events that both landed on the Wednesday they were called for — Patagonian snow to 30 cm and South Island snow above 600 m, timed two editions ago and arriving on the day.