The cold front number 28 It is very close and this weekend it will enter Mexican territory, leaving minimum temperatures between -15 and 0 degrees, fall from snow or sleet, heavy rain and dust stormsthis according to the forecast of the National Metereological Service from National Water Commission (Conagua).
This Friday, cold front number 27 will prevail with stationary characteristics over the Yucatan Peninsula and the southeast of the country, in interaction with a low pressure channel that will be located over the western Gulf of Mexico, will cause very heavy rains in Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco and Quintana Rooin addition to heavy rains in Campeche and Yucatan.
The cold air mass associated will keep the environment cold to very cold with frost in the entities of the North Table and Central Tableas well as the east, center and southeast of Mexico, as well as a very strong ‘North’ event on the Isthmus and Gulf of Tehuantepecwith gusts of 80 to 100 km/h in said gulf, as well as a northerly component wind with gusts of 40 to 60 km/h in Tabasco and the coasts of the Yucatan Peninsula.
At the end of the day, bliss cold air mass will begin to modify its thermal characteristics. In turn, strong winds will continue in the northwest of the Mexican republicwith gusts of 60 to 80 km/h in Baja California. Finally, in the rest of the country the low probability of rain will continue.
IT MAY INTEREST YOU: Get ready… Cold front 27 will continue to hit Mexico with temperatures of -10 degrees, heavy rains and dust storms
For Saturday and Sunday, a new frontal system will enter the northwest of the country, it will be associated with a cold core vortex located over the southwest of USA and with the currents in polar and subtropical jet, propitiating showers in Baja California and probability of snow or sleet falling in the mountains of that state, as well as a drop in temperature in the northwest of the country, and of wind with gusts of 60 to 80 km/h in Baja California, and from 40 to 60 km/h in Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango.
The Beginning of the week It will be marked by the presence of the cold front 28 and another frontal system is expected to affect the Mexican territory giving conditions for frost and minimum values of -15 a -10 °C in mountainous areas of Chihuahua, in addition to strong winds with gusts of up to 100 km/h in Chihuahua and Durango, as well as the probable fall of snow or sleet in high areas of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango. These systems are also expected to increase the probability of precipitation over northwestern and northern Mexico.
Forecast of rain and sleet in the Mexican territory
Heavy rains with very strong points (50 to 75 mm): Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco and Quintana Roo.
Intervals of showers with heavy punctual rains (25 to 50 mm): Campeche and Yucatan.
Intervals of showers (5 to 25 mm): Tamaulipas.
Isolated rains (0.1 to 5 mm): Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Hidalgo and Puebla.
Minimum and maximum temperatures for the Mexican Republic
Minimum temperatures for Friday morning from -15 to -10 °C with frost: mountainous areas of Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango.
Minimum temperatures for Friday morning from -10 to -5 °C with frost: mountainous areas of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Zacatecas.
Minimum temperatures for Friday morning from -5 to 0 °C with frost: mountainous areas of Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Michoacan, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Veracruz and Oaxaca.
Minimum temperatures for Friday morning from 0 to 5 °C with possible frosts: mountainous areas of Lower California, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Mexico City, Morelos and Chiapas.
Maximum temperatures from 35 to 40 °C: Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca (coast) and Chiapas (south).
Maximum temperatures from 30 to 35 °C: Nayarit and the State of Mexico (southwest).
North event and winds in the country
“North” event with gusts of wind from 80 to 100 km/h: Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and with waves from 2 to 4 meters high: Gulf of Tehuantepec.
Wind with gusts of 60 to 80 km/h: Baja California.
North component wind with gusts of 40 to 60 km/h and waves of 1 to 3 meters high: coasts of Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo.
South component wind with gusts of 40 to 60 km/h: Tamaulipas.
Wind with gusts of 40 to 60 km/h: Gulf of California, and with tornadoes: Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango.
What is a cold front?
The cold front It is the front part of a polar air mass, which causes a drop in temperature in the area through which it passes.
This is formed when a cold air mass collides with a mass of hot air, because being denser, the cold air gets like a wedge under the hot air, which generates movement and causes instability in the atmosphere of that area.
During this phenomenon, drops in temperature, frost, intense winds, strong waves, abundant cloudiness and drizzle.
Most of the cold fronts that affect our country, originate near the north pole. After crossing the United States of America, they cross the national territory, from the northwest to the southeast and depending on the time of year and their geographical location, they can last from three to seven days.
the season of cold fronts in Mexico it goes from September to May, although in our territory its frequency is highly variable, as is its duration, but on average around 58 a year are recorded, most within the winter season.
In the period from November to March, the fronts cross the Mexican territory in the Isthmus and receive the name of Tehuantepecos, strong winds that cause thermal anomalies in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. When the polar masses cross the Gulf of Mexico, they give rise to the phenomena known as nortes.
After the passage of cold front, most likely it will rain, the humidity and temperature decrease and the wind blows more strongly from the north to the south, a little later the sky begins to clear, but that is when the new mass of cold and dry air settles , which causes a further decrease in temperature.
Recommendations for cold fronts
These are the measures that can be taken to avoid the cold:
1- Get vaccinated once morest influenza before the winter season.
2- Cover nose and mouth, to avoid direct exposure to environmental contaminants.
3- Wear at least three layers of clothing, preferably cotton or wool.
4- Avoid sudden changes in temperature.
5- Use cream to hydrate and protect the skin from the cold.
6- Do not smoke in closed places or near children, older adults or sick people.
7- In case of any discomfort, go to the nearest health center.
8- In case of using heaters and/or fireplaces, maintain adequate ventilation.
9- Before going to sleep or going out, put out candles and stoves to avoid a fire or carbon monoxide poisoning.
10- If stoves are used to heat rooms, they must be placed in ventilated places and turned off before sleeping.
11- The boiler and gas installations must be outside the home to avoid leakage.
12- Carry out maintenance in gas installations to avoid the presence of rust that prevents proper combustion and/or leaks.
13- Check that the flame emitted by the stove or boiler is blue and not red.
14- Keep the kitchen ventilated.
15- Do not leave the vehicle engine running in a closed or semi-closed place.
