Weather in Mexico on February 19: 13 States with rain and high winds due to a new cold front

For this Sunday, heavy rains (25 to 50 millimeters (mm)) are forecast in Baja California, Chihuahua, Sonora, Tabasco and southern Veracruz; showers (5 to 25 mm) in Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas and Oaxaca, as well as isolated rains (0.1 to 5 mm) in Durango, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa and Yucatán.

Likewise, a wind with a northern component is expected with gusts of 60 to 80 kilometers per hour (km/h) in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, waves of 2 to 4 meters (m) in the Gulf of Tehuantepec and a wind southern component with gusts of 50 to 70 km/h in Chihuahua, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Tlaxcala.

The weather conditions described will be generated by a low pressure channel over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the cold air mass that pushed the cold front number 33, which will gradually cease to generate effects in Mexico and approach from the Baja California Peninsula of a new cold front, associated with a cold-core vortex.

Snowfall, sleet or freezing rain are expected in the mountains of Baja California, Chihuahua and Sonora, and low temperatures of -10 to -5 degrees Celsius with freezing in the mountains of Chihuahua, Durango and Sonora.

Minimum temperatures of -5 to 0 degrees Celsius with frost are forecast for the mountainous areas of Aguascalientes, Baja California, Coahuila, State of Mexico, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí , Tlaxcala, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Zacatecas, and 0 to 5 degrees Celsius with possible frosts in the mountains of Baja California Sur, Mexico City, Morelos and Oaxaca.

On the other hand, an anticyclonic system at average levels of the atmosphere will cause a warm to hot afternoon environment and no rain in the west and center of the national territory, including the Valley of Mexico.

Maximum temperatures of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius are expected in Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, the coast of Oaxaca, Sinaloa and Yucatan, and 30 to 35 degrees Celsius in Durango, Guanajuato, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Zacatecas.

Forecast by regions For the Valley of Mexico, a clear to partly cloudy sky is expected during the day, a cold to very cold environment with frost in the high areas surrounding the Valley of Mexico and a southerly wind of 15 to 25 km /h with gusts of 40km/h.

For Mexico City, a minimum temperature of 7 to 9 degrees Celsius and 0 to 5 degrees Celsius in high areas is expected, and a maximum of 25 to 27 degrees Celsius. For Toluca, State of Mexico, the minimum temperature will be 1 to 3 degrees Celsius and -5 to 0 degrees Celsius in high areas and the maximum will be 21 to 23 degrees Celsius.

In the peninsula of Baja California, a cloudy sky will be observed, in the morning the environment will be cold with frosts in the mountains of Baja California, in the afternoon there will be a temperate environment in the region and during the night , possibility of snow, sleet or rain falling freezing in the Baja California Sierras.

The wind direction will vary from 20 to 30 km/h on the peninsula. In the North Pacific, partly cloudy to cloudy skies are expected, a cold to very cold morning environment, freezing in the mountainous areas of Sonora, temperate in the afternoon with gusts of 50 to 70 km/h in Sonora and Sinaloa and a southerly wind component of 25 to 35 km/h.

For the night, snowfall, sleet or freezing rain are expected in the Sonora Mountains. Partly cloudy skies are forecast for the central Pacific during the day, a cold to cool environment in the morning, with possible frosts in the upper regions of Jalisco and Michoacán. In the afternoon, a warm environment is estimated in the region and a westerly wind of 20 to 30 km/h with gusts of 40 km/h on the coasts.