Cold front number 30 is forecast to continue generating effects in several areas of Mexico. Mainly rains and winds.
Juan Antonio Palma 01/24/2024 20:30 4 min
For this Thursday, the cold front number 30 and the air mass that drives it, They will extend over the north and northeast of the Mexican Republic, generating wind effects and the spread of rain in these regions.
Its interaction with a trough in the western Gulf of Mexico, a polar wander that will move over the north and northeast of the national territory, and with the moisture influx generated by polar and subtropical jet streamswill give rise to rains in the northeast and east of the country, as well as strong winds, possible dust devils over entities of the Mesa del Norte and the Mesa Central.
Likewise, the income of tropical maritime air from the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, It will cause rain over entities in the Mexican southeast and the Yucatan Peninsula. While in the northwest, north, west, center and south of the country a low probability of rain will prevail.
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Due to the above, it is expected heavy rain (25 to 50 mm) In Chiapas, moderate rains (5 to 25 mm) in Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Yucatán and Quintana Roo, as well as light rain (less than 5 mm) in Coahuila, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Tabasco and Campeche.
The effects of cold front 30 will prevail over Mexico.
Variable winds with moderate to strong intensity
The influence of cold front 30 and regional barometric pressure gradientswill favor winds of 40 to 60 km/h with dust devils in Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Mexico City, Tlaxcala and Puebla, in addition to winds of 40 to 60 km/h off the coast of Tamaulipas and Veracruz , as well as Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo.
Contrasting temperatures will be present this Thursday in Mexico.
Cold environment in high areas and temperatures of up to 40 °C in the west
Radiative cooling in high areas will give rise to minimum temperatures between -10 and -5 °C with frost for early Friday morning in the mountains of Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango, minimum temperatures from -5 to 0 ° C with frost in the mountains of Baja California, Coahuila, Zacatecas and the State of Mexico.
As well as temperatures of between 0 and 5 °C in the mountains of Sinaloa, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Michoacan, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Mexico City, Tlaxcala, Puebla and Veracruz.
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By contrast, For this Thursday afternoon, maximum temperatures of between 40 and 45 °C are expected. in Michoacan and Guerrero, between 35 and 40 °C in Jalisco (coast), Colima, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche and Yucatan, and between 30 and 35 °C in Nayarit, Morelos (south), Puebla (southwest) , Veracruz (south), Tabasco and Quintana Roo.
