2023-08-31 03:19:00
The Santa Rosa storm promises to be mild in the coming days. This is an important storm that usually occurs between last five days of August and the first five of September, related to the first masses of warm air that begin to collide with the cold fronts, as spring approaches. This year, Santa Rosa will be quite absent.
The instability will be concentrated in the south of the province of Buenos Aires, which since Wednesday morning was affected by some intermittent rains generated by a weak cold front. The rains will be scarce and there will be a slight drop in temperature and an increase in the wind in the area.
In the rest of the country, the sun will predominate, with a north wind and a temperate to warm environment. Just in the southern and western Patagonia Some snowfall and increased cloudiness are expected, accompanied by cool to cool conditions.
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The beginning of September will bring storms to the coastal provinces, mainly to the east of Chaco and Formosa, north of Corrientes and Misiones. The storms also return to the south of the Litoral and the center and east of the province of Buenos Aires from the followingnoon of Friday, September 1.
Conditions will worsen as a new cold front advances and interacts with warm air in the Pampas region. Although the phenomenon has its origin centuries ago, meteorologists downplay its importancenoting that it does not have the regularity that the popular imagination attributes to it.
The Santa Rosa storm, the popular myth that is less frequent than it seems
The National Meteorological Service, in relation to the City of Buenos Aires, warned that the frequency of Santa Rosa is not so great. Indeed, from the analysis of the frequency of appearance of storms five days before and following August 30, of the period 1906 to 2018, in 63 opportunities (barely 56% of the cases) storms occurred on those dates.
However, if the most recent records are analyzed, from 2008 to 2022, andThe only year that there was no Santa Rosa storm was 2013.
The origin of the popular belief of the Santa Rosa storm
A very intense storm that occurs around August 30 in southeastern South America is popularly known as the Santa Rosa storm. The expression originates from a legend of 1615 who attributed mystical powers to Elizabeth Olive Flowersa Peruvian pious nun known as Rosa.
According to legend, the “City of Kings” (Lima)central to the colonial movement at the time, was threatened by an attack by Dutch pirates. Rosa, known for her piety and devotion, withdrew to pray in the desert of Lima. Throughout the night, Ella Rosa prayed that God would protect the city from her. At dawn, a strong storm hit the coast, preventing the pirates from landing. The Dutch, believing that it was a sign from God, abandoned the attack and returned to their country.
Such a legend spread throughout the Spanish dominions at that time and was strongly popularized in Argentina, with greater force in the Río de la Plata, Córdoba and Cuyo. For this reason, the capital of the province of La Pampa bears his name, in an area where strong storms occur very frequently.
A storm with its own couplet
The region’s best-known storm is so ingrained in popular culture that even has its own couplet:
Santa Rita approaches
Criticizing her neighbor.
Because it says everything.
Of the poor criticized.
that leaves her badly stopped
and on wet rain.
(Buenos Aires, early 20th century)
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