End of Heat Wave in Mexico: Relief in Sight but Another Wave on the Horizon

2023-06-22 21:21:00

June 22, 2023, 03:21 PM – Updated June 22, 2023, 03:51 PM

After having suffered the effects of the third heat wave in Mexico, with temperatures above 45 °C in the country, finally the heat It will begin to subside in the next few days.

The National Meteorological Service (SMN) has detailed in his latest forecast that thanks to the fact that the anticyclonic circulation in the average levels of the atmosphere will gradually weaken, The heat wave in Mexico will end towards the weekend, specifically on Friday June 23, although some areas will continue with temperatures above 40 °C.

The high temperatures begin to subside, a little

For the remainder of the week, fewer and fewer states will have extremes. By Thursday, June 22, there will be maximum temperatures of more than 45 degrees in Sonora, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, and Tabasco during and, as of Friday, June 23, the most affected states will be Sonora, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.

Unlike in previous forecasts, where there were more than 10 states that exceeded 45 ° C, starting the weekend only the states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Baja California will have the most extreme temperatures.

Of course, the Meteorological Service clarifies that despite the fact that the heat wave will stop affecting most of the country, in the northwest, north and northeast areas of the country, the maximum temperatures above 40 °C.

One wave leaves, the other arrives

Despite the fact that Mexico is finally coming out of a third heat wave that began in early June, the prognosis is not very encouraging for the fourth wave, which will It would arrive in July. According to UNAM, the fourth heat wave might be just as intense, continuing with impacts not only for healthbut also for environments such as agriculture, and the possibility of more impacts from forest fires.

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