The fourth winter storm This Sunday, January 7, 2024, will cause a freezing environment with minimum temperatures of -15 to -10 degrees Celsius and frost and in the mountains of Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango, as well as minimum temperatures of -10 to -5 degrees Celsius, frost and fall of snow or sleet in mountainous areas of Baja California, Chihuahua and Sonora.
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These conditions will extend during the early hours of Monday in the mountains of Durango and Sinaloa.
He National Metereological Service It also predicted intense winds with gusts of 100 to 120 kilometers per hour (km/h) and dust devils in Baja California, Chihuahua, Durango and Sonora.
Also waves of 3 to 5 meters (m) high on the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula; heavy occasional rains (25 to 50 millimeters [mm]) in Chihuahua and Sonora, and showers (5 to 25 mm) in Baja California.
The winter storm develops in the northwest of the Mexican Republic due to the interaction of cold front number 25 that enters over the Baja California Peninsula, the polar trough and the polar and subtropical jet streams
Likewise, minimum temperatures of -10 to -5 degrees Celsius with frost are forecast in the mountains of Baja California, Coahuila and Zacatecas; from -5 to 0 degrees Celsius and frost in the mountains of Aguascalientes, State of Mexico, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala and Veracruz, and from 0 to 5 degrees Celsius: mountain ranges of Baja California Sur, Querétaro, Mexico City, Morelos, Oaxaca and Chiapas.
The population is recommended to take preventive measures such as:
- Dress appropriately and hydrate
- Avoid sudden changes in temperature
- Pay special attention to chronically ill people, children and older adults
- Follow the instructions of the Health Sector and Civil Protection
Rain is forecast in Colima, Jalisco and Michoacan
On the other hand, heavy occasional rains are expected in Colima, Jalisco and Michoacán; intervals of showers in Campeche, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatánas well as isolated rains (from 0.1 to 5 mm) in Baja California Sur, Mexico City, Durango, State of Mexico, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas and Tlaxcala.
Wind gusts of 70 to 90 km/hy are expected in Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas; from 40 to 60 km/h on the Yucatan coast, and with possible dust devils in Lower California Southern, Mexico State, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Puebla, Queretaro, Sinaloa and Tlaxcalaand wind from the north with gusts of 40 to 60 km/h in the Isthmus and Gulf of Tehuantepec.
These conditions will be generated by the frontal system number 24 with stationary characteristics that will extend in the east and south of the Gulf of Mexico, a low pressure channel over the Yucatan Peninsula, the entry of humidity from the Pacific Ocean and the mass of cold air that drove front 24, which will keep the morning and night atmosphere from cold to very cold in the west, center and east of the national territory.
Maximum temperatures of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius are forecast in Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo and Yucatanand 30 to 35 degrees Celsius on the coast of Jalisco and Tabasco.
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2024-01-08 06:15:21
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