A zone of low pressurelocated south-southwest of Zihuatanejo, Guerreroin the Pacific Ocean, has a 90 percent chance of developing a tropical cyclone in its 48-hour forecast, reported the National Metereological Service (SMN) of Mexico.
In a statement, the SMN pointed out in its most recent report that the phenomenon is located approximately 380 kilometers south-southwest of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero and moving west-northwest so keep a close watch.
He added that by Thursday, the area of baja Pressure with potential for cyclonic development or possible tropical cyclone “will be located southwest of the coast of the state of Jalisco and will reinforce the probability of rains in the west of Mexican territory.”
In addition, the institution warned that in the ocean Atlanticfar from the Mexican coast, Tropical Depression Eleven was formed, more than 1,000 kilometers (km) from the Cape Verde Islands and pointed out that “the system does not represent a danger to Mexico.”
So far in the season By 2022, the Agatha, Blas, Celia, Bonnie, Darby, Estelle, Frank, Georgette, Howard, Ivette, Javier, Kay, Lester, and Madeline systems have formed in the Pacific Ocean.
Agatha and Kay arrived at hurricane category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
Last May, the Mexican authorities predicted the training up to 40 cyclones with a name for 2022, which they described as an “active season”, and predicted that of the total number of tropical cyclones generated, both in the Atlantic and in the Pacific, at least five will impact the country.
On the other hand, in this Wednesday’s report, the SMN forecast for tonight and early Thursday torrential punctual rains (150 to 250 millimeters (mm)) in Veracruz; intense (from 75 to 150 mm) in Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla and Tabasco; very strong (from 50 to 75 mm) in Campeche and Hidalgo.
In addition, he kept the wind chill forecast very strong with gusts of 70 to 80 kilometers per hour (km/h) on the coasts of Veracruz, Isthmus, and the Gulf of Tehuantepec, as well as strong gusts of 50 to 60 km/h on the coast of Campeche, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, and Yucatan.
It also provides environment cold in high areas of the states of the Mesa del Norte, Mesa Central and the east of the Mexican territory.
“The rains, the icy wind and the cold environment will be originated by the air mass associated with Cold Front number 1. Currently, the system is in the stage of dissipationto the east of the Yucatan Peninsula”, the report pointed out.
With information from EFE
