This Tuesday, January 7, cold front No. 21 moves over the southeast of Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula, which will cause rains of varying intensity in various regions of the country, as mentioned in the forecast of the National Meteorological Service (SMN) of the National Water Commission (Conagua) for this day.
In addition, the mass of arctic air associated with this phenomenon will generate a “Norte” event and a marked drop in temperatures.
Cold front No. 21, located over the southeast of the country and the Yucatan Peninsula, will cause rains of varying intensity:
Very heavy rains (50 to 75 mm): Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco.
Heavy rains (25 to 50 mm): Tamaulipas, Campeche and Quintana Roo.
Intervals of showers (5 to 25 mm): Nuevo León, Hidalgo, Puebla and Yucatán.
Isolated rains (0.1 to 5 mm): San Luis Potosí.
These precipitations may be accompanied by electrical discharges and hail, which could cause an increase in the levels of rivers and streams, landslides, puddles and flooding in low areas.
The arctic air mass associated with the cold front will generate a cold to very cold environment in much of the country.
In mountainous areas of the north and northwest, minimum temperatures will be extreme:
From -15 to -10 °C with frost: Chihuahua and Durango.
From -10 to -5 °C with frost: Baja California, Sonora and Coahuila.
From -5 to 0 °C with frost: Baja California Sur, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Puebla and State of Mexico.
From 0 to 5 °C with frost: Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Querétaro, Morelos, Mexico City, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Veracruz.
Source: pegaso.press