Cold front 11 and its arctic air mass will cause the first winter storm in Mexico, along with a cold vortex and a pulse of the jet stream. These meteorological phenomena will affect the country with snow or sleet, temperatures below zero, intense rains, strong winds and a North event, according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN) of the National Water Commission (Conagua).
The winter storm has already entered Mexican territory and is expected to last until Thursday, November 23. The SMN recommends that the population take precautions and be attentive to the warnings from the authorities. Cold front 11 and its arctic air mass are responsible for the low temperatures that have been recorded in recent days in several regions of the country.
The winter season will bring with it the first storm
A winter storm is a weather system that produces snow, wind, freezing rain or ice pellets. The name of a winter storm indicates that it occurs between December and March, but there can also be one in the fall and early spring. These events are common at those times of the year.
The first winter storm of the season will affect the northern states of Mexico with heavy rains. The most affected states will be:
- Coahuila
- New Lion
- Tamaulipas
- San Luis Potosi
- Aguascalientes
- Zacatecas
- Durango
Due to the above, the cold to very cold environment with frost at dawn in states of the northwest, north, northeast, center and east of the Mexican Republic, with a frigid environment in:
- mountains of Sonora
- Chihuahua
- Durango
Furthermore, there will be https://twitter.com/conagua_clima/status/1726997050666234173 in the mentioned regions.
A cold core vortex will form over the northwest of the country, due to a polar trough extending in that region. This phenomenon, along with the polar and subtropical jet streams, will cause the first winter storm of the season, bringing sleet or snow in the mountains of:
- Chihuahua
- Durango
- Sinaloa
- Zacatecas
- Coahuila
- New Lion
The National Meteorological Service (SMN) predicts that the first winter storm of the year will bring low temperatures to 22 states in the country.
Freezing and minimum temperatures of -10 to -5 °C in:
- mountains of Sonora
- Chihuahua
- Durango
Minimum temperatures from -5 to 0 °C in:
- mountains of Baja California
- Coahuila
- New Lion
- Tamaulipas
- San Luis Potosi
- Zacatecas
- Sinaloa
- Guanajuato
- Queretaro
- Mexico state
- Gentleman
- Puebla
In addition to minimum temperatures from 0 to 5 °C for the states of:
- mountains of Aguascalientes
- Jalisco
- Michoacan
- Morelos
- Mexico City
- Tlaxcala
- Veracruz
- Oaxaca
The first winter storm to reach Mexico will move south of Texas, in the United States, the next day. This is estimated by the meteorological system that follows its path.
Many wonder how many cold fronts there will be in Mexico this year. Well, we have the answer. The weather system that forecasts them says that there will be 56 those that will affect the country in the 2023-2024 season.
The states that will feel the cold the most will be Mexico City, Chihuahua, Durango, State of Mexico, Puebla, Tlaxcala and Zacatecas.
