A new cold front is approaching Mexico. It is number 14 of the season and is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday. This is the information about the natural phenomenon.
The National Meteorological Service (SMN) warned that On the night of next Thursday, November 13, cold front number 14 will enter northwest Mexico, which will cause a new drop in temperature of up to -10 degrees, intense gusts of wind and the possibility of snow or sleet in high areas of the north of the country..
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According to the SMN’s extended forecast, The system will be associated with a polar trough, an upper-level cyclonic circulation, and the polar and subtropical jet streams, conditions that will reinforce the winter environment into the weekend..
For this reason, During Friday and Saturday, the front will gradually move over the northwest and north of the national territorygenerating heavy to very heavy rains in those regions, with a marked drop in temperature and winds with gusts exceeding 50 kilometers per hour.
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Meanwhile, in the southeast, a low pressure channel over the Caribbean Sea and the arctic air mass that drove front number 13 will continue to cause intense to torrential rains in Quintana Roo, as well as strong to very strong rains in Campeche and Yucatán, with high waves and northerly winds of up to 80 kilometers per hour in the isthmus and gulf of Tehuantepec.
Where will the cold be felt?
The agency foresees minimum temperatures of -10 to -5 degrees Celsius with frost in the mountains of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango; from -5 to 0 degrees in Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Puebla and Veracruz; and from 0 to 5 degrees in high areas of Tamaulipas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Michoacán, Querétaro and Oaxaca.
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Consequently, there will be waves of two to three meters in the Gulf of Tehuantepec and up to 2.5 meters on the coasts of Quintana Roo, in addition to wind gusts of 35 to 50 kilometers per hour in Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
The SMN urged the population to remain attentive to weather warnings and take extreme precautions against possible frosts, strong winds and snowfall in northern regions of the country.
What is a cold front?
A cold front is the collision of two air masses, a cold one and a warm one, causing the formation of severe storms and North events..
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Cold fronts are driven by a mass of cold air, at a speed of approximately 40 to 60 km/h, so They last between 5 to 7 days in our country, leaving the air cooling over the region through which they pass..
With information from SUN and the Government of Mexico
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