The TVN meteorologist Ivan Torres referred to the new front system that arrived in our country, which will affect various regions from the north to the central zone.
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The frontal system will affect from this Wednesday, May 22, from the Atacama region and it will be felt strongly in the Metropolitan region to other regions of central Chile.
Iván Torres warns of rain from Atacama to Maule
According to the meteorologist, this Wednesday’s frontal system will reach “the Atacama region, Copiapó with rainfall and even the Maule region. Also in La Serena.”
Likewise, he commented that “more than a front, It seems like it is a trough at altitude, but at the end of the day it still leaves rain. “It will be concentrated in the Atacama region and the Maule region.”
He added that “to the south, you see mostly clouds“.
Iván Torres: when will the peak rain hour be in Santiago?
Ivan Torres explained that, around middaythe rain It will be extended “to the entire Metropolitan region and on a more continuous basis.”
As for the time peak of precipitation, he stated that “it will be in the afternoon“.”There is no specific time, but it will be in the afternoon. The frontal system is not so classic, it will always be concentrated in the foothills or in the eastern sector of Santiago.”
Furthermore, he explained that this front system “It is less intense in terms of water quantity. We are waiting for 10 to 20 millimeters in the center (of Santiago)“. He explained that this week “36 mm fell. practically in Santiago and in the foothills sector, around 50. Today (Wednesday) we expect a little less“.
When does the rain end in Santiago, according to Iván Torres?
Ivan Torres He maintained that the rainfall in the capital will last “until early morning Thursday in the lowest sector of the Metropolitan region: Melipilla, Curacaví“, While in the foothills sector It will be there part of the morning and in the afternoon it will clear.”
“In the morning there are still some showers in the eastern sector. The central and western sectors end the rains very early,” he concluded.
