Mexico faces another wintry week, as cold front 17 brings “cold to very cold” temperatures to much of the country on Tuesday.
The National Meteorological Service (SMN) predicts minimum temperatures of -10 degrees Celsius in the mountains of Chihuahua, Durango, Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz, and -5 degrees Celsius in Aguascalientes, Baja California, Coahuila, México state, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca and Zacatecas. Residents are warned to watch out for ice and possible snow.
High-altitude areas in Chiapas, Mexico City, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Querétaro and Tamaulipas are also expected to see temperatures close to freezing. The National Water Commission (Conagua) tweeted: “Don’t leave the house without bundling up well.”
Meanwhile, the same cold air mass will cause strong northerly winds with gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour and waves 2-4 meters high in the Gulf, potentially reaching the area of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The coasts of Quintana Roo and Yucatán will see gusts of up to 60 kilometers per hour and waves 1-3 meters high.
In Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, winds could reach up to 60 kilometers per hour, with tornados possible.
Light rain is predicted for Baja California, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacán, Oaxaca and Veracruz, and scattered showers for Baja California Sur, Campeche, Colima, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Sonora, Tabasco and Yucatán.
Maximum temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius will be seen in low-lying areas of Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit and Sinaloa, and 35 degrees Celsius in the south of Sonora and the coasts of Oaxaca and Chiapas.
The Valley of Mexico is predicted to see a cold and cloudy morning, brightening later in the day. Temperatures in the capital will range between 3 and 22 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
Mexico News Daily
These temperature reports are all messed up “40 degrees Celsius” in a story about cold fronts?
Ha! 40 Celsius/104 Fahrenheit vs. -10 Celsius. Maybe somebody had a tad too much pre-Holiday Cheer on the editorial staff. 🎄🤪🎄
Arriving today from Mexico City (7 this morning) in Puerto Escondido (maybe 30 officially but felt like 300 exiting the plane on the tarmac) I was told today was the coldest day in two weeks. Paraíso!
The coldest in 10 months probably, forget 2 weeks. It’s never this cold here
Was 39 F in San Miguel Tuesday morning. Daytime high was 70 F
they have been complaining about the cold and the rain in Ajijic Jalisco,Must be El Nino,we are having a mild winter and a green Christmas forcast for Toronto Canada,with temperatures varying from -4 to 3-6-11 celcius plus the pansies and the forsythias are blooming.strange.Hope it warms up for my two months in Ajijic in Feb and March.
Peter Iveson