Winter weather alert: Cold, high winds and heavy rain coming to northern Mexico this weekend

The National Meteorological Service (SMN) connected Friday issued a wintertime upwind alert for residents of bluish Mexico arsenic the 3rd wintertime tempest of the play is expected to bring acold temperatures and dense rainfall to the region.

The borderline states of Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua, arsenic good arsenic Durango state, were enactment connected alert owed to “a important driblet successful temperatures, beardown winds and dense to precise dense rainfall … and perchance snowfall oregon sleet.”

The wintertime tempest that could beryllium bringing snowfall to the bluish borderline states of Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua is the westernmost portion of the perchance unsafe wintertime upwind expected to deed the United States this weekend. (Nacho Ruiz/Cuarrtoscuro.com)

At the aforesaid time, Cold Front No. 30 volition drift implicit the northeastern portion of the state wherever it volition beryllium reinforced by an Arctic aerial wide by Friday evening. The SMN study said moisture coming successful disconnected the bluish Gulf of Mexico volition harvester with the remnants of Cold Front No. 30 to make rainfall and showers there. 

The improvement successful bluish Mexico is the westernmost borderline of the perchance historical wintertime tempest that is expected to interaction the United States this weekend, prompting utmost upwind alerts from the Texas Panhandle to the Northeastern Atlantic states.

The rejuvenated acold beforehand is besides expected to nutrient northerly winds gusting up to 70 km/h (42.5 m/h) successful northeastern Mexico. Residents of bluish Coahuila are being advised of the imaginable enactment of whirlwinds oregon tornadoes.

In the Northern Plateau and the Central Plateau, including the Valley of Mexico, acold to precise acold conditions volition nutrient fog banks successful the greeting and persist passim the day. Minimum temperatures could dip arsenic debased arsenic minus-5 C (23 F) successful Hidalgo, México state, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Veracruz and Oaxaca. Mexico City’s debased is projected to scope 0 C (32 F).

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In effect to the wintertime tempest conditions, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported that it has capable capableness disposable to support the proviso of energy crossed the country.

The CFE said it is coordinating with the Energy Ministry to found strategical actions to support the continuity of the energy supply. The CFE besides activated its Emergency Response Steering Group, which volition stay successful imperishable league to show the improvement of the storm.

The National Coordination of Civil Protection besides issued an advisory, urging residents crossed the state to instrumentality preventative measures passim the weekend. 

“To mitigate the effects of these upwind systems and safeguard carnal information and property, circumstantial recommendations are issued. If utilizing state heaters oregon fireplaces, support capable ventilation to forestall c monoxide poisoning and crook them disconnected earlier going to sleep; support and insulate outer pipes to forestall frost harm and unafraid expanse metallic roofs, windows, awnings and objects that could beryllium dislodged by upwind gusts exceeding 60 km/h (37.3m/h).”

Elsewhere, the Regional Hydrometeorological Center successful the authorities of Yucatán forecast unchangeable upwind conditions, lukewarm temperatures up to 34 C (93 F) and isolated showers successful coastal Quintana Roo, eastbound Yucatán and confederate Campeche, with upwind gusts of up to 40 km/h.

With reports from El Universal, La Jornada and El Diario de Yucatán