by EFE
The National Meteorological Service of Mexico warned this Thursday of the first winter storm of the season with possible snowfall and temperatures of up to 10 degrees below zero in the north of the country.
The storm "will cause very strong gusts of wind with dust storms, a marked drop in temperatures, snowfall or sleet during the night, as well as rain and showers in different entities in the northwest, north, and northeast of the Mexican Republic," the agency said. in a newsletter.
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Minimum temperatures of 14 to 23°F
(-10 to -5°C) are forecast with frosts in the mountains of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and Sonora, states in the north of the country, and possible snowfall or sleet in hours of the night.
In this file photo, the streets of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, are covered with snow, on October 27, 2020. File image/AP
Mexican authorities also forecast “very strong winds” with gusts of between 40 and 90 miles per hour (70 to 90 kilometers per hour) in the Gulf of California and with dust storms in Baja California.
In addition, there would be gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour (60 to 80 kilometers per hour) with dust storms in Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila and Sonora, as well as 50 to 70 kilometers per hour in Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas. .
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On the other hand, the agency warned of showers of up to an inch of rain (25 millimeters) in Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, states in the northeast of the country.
"The winter storm will be caused by Cold Front Number 11 that will move rapidly over the northwest, north, and northeast of the national territory, in interaction with a cold core vortex in height, a polar trough, and the polar jet stream," he explained. the organism.
In contrast, the forecast called for maximum temperatures of over 100
°
F .
(up to 40°C) in Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo and Yucatán, western and southern states of the country.
