Hurricane ‘John’ downgraded to tropical storm

The general director of Conagua, Germán Martínez Santoyo, reported through a message on his social networks: “Tonight, #John “It was downgraded to #TropicalStorm and, if it maintains its trajectory, it will make landfall tonight or early Friday, between Aquila, Michoacán and Manzanillo, Colima.”

Prior to this, it had been reported that forecast models indicated that the hurricane John It would enter land between the coasts of Aquila, Michoacán, and Manzanillo, Colima, during the night of this Thursday, or early Friday morning.

The hurricane John, category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, it was said that it would cause extraordinary rains tonight, greater than 250 millimeters (mm), in Colima, Guerrero and Michoacán; torrential, from 150 to 250 mm, in Oaxaca; intense, from 50 to 75 mm, in Jalisco and very strong, from 50 to 75 mm, in Mexico City, State of Mexico, Guanajuato and Morelos, he added.

Likewise, it would generate winds with gusts of 100 to 120 kilometers per hour (km/h), waves of 4 to 6 meters high and possible formation of waterspouts on the coasts of Colima, Guerrero and Michoacán, and wind with gusts of 80 to 100 km/h and waves of 2 to 4 m high on the coasts of Jalisco and Oaxaca.

The agency specified that at 6:00 p.m., central Mexico time, the core of the hurricane was located approximately 90 kilometers (km) west of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, and 200 km southeast of Manzanillo, Colima. It maintains maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h, gusts of 150 km/h, and is moving towards the northwest at 5 km/h.

He explained that due to its distance, a hurricane surveillance zone was established from the west of Punta San Telmo, Michoacán, to Manzanillo, Colima; hurricane prevention zone from Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, to Punta San Telmo, Michoacán; prevention zone for the effects of a tropical storm from Punta Maldonado to the east of Zihuatanejo, both towns in Guerrero, and from the west of Punta San Telmo, Michoacán, to Manzanillo, Colima.

In turn, he said that low pressure channels in the center and southeast of Mexico and landslides John, They will cause intense rains in western Chiapas, Puebla and Veracruz; very strong in Tabasco, and strong (25 to 50 mm) in Campeche, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tlaxcala and Yucatán.

While in the northeast of the Mexican Republic, front number 3 remains stationary and will generate showers (5 to 25 mm) in San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas. He highlighted that yesterday afternoon (Thursday), Hurricane Helene stopped affecting our country, and is very close to the US coast.

The weather forecast for this Friday morning will be minimum temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas of Chihuahua, Durango, State of Mexico, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Puebla, Querétaro and Tlaxcala.

In the afternoon, maximum temperatures of 40 to 45 degrees Celsius are expected in Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa and Sonora, and 35 to 40 degrees Celsius in Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo León , Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, northern Veracruz and Yucatán.

During this day, tropical cyclone John, a low pressure channel and front number 3 with its mass of cold air that drives it, will cause extraordinary rains in Colima, Guerrero and Michoacán; torrential rains in Chiapas, Jalisco, Oaxaca and Tabasco; intense in Puebla and Veracruz; very strong in Campeche, State of Mexico, Guanajuato and Morelos; strong in Mexico City, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tlaxcala and Yucatán; showers (5 to 25 mm) Aguascalientes, Nayarit, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas, and isolated rains (0.1 to 5 mm) in Durango.

The heavy to torrential rains predicted for the morning can generate flooding, landslides, increases in the levels of rivers and streams, as well as overflows and flooding in low areas of the aforementioned states, so the population is urged to heed the warnings. of the National Meteorological Service (SMN), of the National Water Commission (Conagua), and follow the recommendations of Civil Protection.