The weather will be cold in the morning with frost in high-altitude areas. In Mexico City, the minimum temperature is expected to be between 5 and 7 °C, and the maximum between 16 and 18 °C. A marked drop in temperature is forecast for the north, northeast, east, and center of the Republic, as well as intense rains in the southeast and a strong “Norte” event.
The coldest conditions are expected during the morning, mainly in high-altitude areas: -15 to -10 °C with frost: Mountainous areas of Durango. -10 to -5 °C with frost: Mountainous areas of Chihuahua. -5 to 0 °C with frost: High areas of Baja California, Coahuila (southeast), Nuevo León (southwest), Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, State of Mexico, Tlaxcala, Puebla, and Veracruz. 0 to 5 °C: High areas of Sonora, Aguascalientes, Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Morelos (northwest), Mexico City, and Oaxaca.
For the Valley of Mexico, partly to mostly cloudy skies are expected with no chance of rain. In Toluca, State of Mexico, the minimum will be 0 to 2 °C and the maximum 13 to 15 °C. Authorities warn that low temperatures could cause asphalt surfaces to freeze. The interaction of the cold air mass with moisture will generate precipitation of varying intensity, with the most significant amounts concentrated in the Mexican southeast.
Heavy to very heavy rains (50 to 75 mm) are expected in Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Meanwhile, the intense “Norte” event will continue in the southern Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula, decreasing in the afternoon. This phenomenon will cause high waves in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Authorities warn that strong gusts of wind could cause trees and billboards to fall. The National Weather Service (SMN) reported in its 06:00 advisory that the arctic air mass associated with cold front number 13 will maintain adverse weather conditions in most of the country.
