The polar air will visit the southern part of the country, while a new precipitation event is projected for central Chile. Know the weather conditions that will prevail in the coming days in the region you are in.
The atmosphere will reach our country with various scenarios during the last weekend of May 2024. After the abundant rains recorded in recent days in the central zone, A high pressure with cold characteristics will be positioned over the southern and southern areas of the country.
As a consequence, the Chilean Meteorological Directorate (DMC) issued a warning for normal to moderate frosts until the morning of Saturday the 25th for the regions of Los Lagos and Aysén.
Central Chile adds more than 100 mm of rain and segregated low will bring more rainfall this weekend
How much are we talking about for the minimum temperature? According to the reference model we use at Meteored for our forecasts, on Friday the 24th and Saturday, the thermometer will drop to -6 °C in Futaleufú and -7 °C in Coyhaique. It’s going to be cold, it’s going to be very cold!
Where the frozen air will also be felt this Friday morning will be in the regions of Los Ríos, La Araucanía, Biobío and Ñuble, since they are forecast minimum temperatures around -1 °C, mainly in the valley and foothills sectors.
For the regions of Valparaíso, Metropolitana, O’Higgins and Maule The minimum temperature is expected to be around 4 °C this Friday morning, with the lowest figures of the weekend.
Precipitation from the segregated low will reach these regions of Chile during the next few days
Little by little it is brewing a new atmospheric configuration over the Pacific Ocean. A segregated discharge in training —also known as a cold core at altitude— will begin to develop this Friday morning.
It is important to mention that segregated discharges arrive with atmospheric instability, a meteorological condition that will be reflected from early Saturday morning with snow showers over the Andes mountain range included between the regions of Valparaíso and Ñuble.
Our reference model projects that starting at noon on Saturday the first weak rains on the coast and the valley of the Maule, Ñuble and Biobío regions.
In the early hours of Sunday the 26th The showers will visit the foothills from the Valparaíso Region to the O’Higgins Region.
It is worth mentioning that the clouds of this segregated low They will cover the sky between the regions of Atacama and Los Ríos to culminate this weekend, but only in the mentioned sections is precipitation predicted.
While the segregated discharge moves, With its cloudiness and showers, a new frontal system will approach the southern part of the country on Sunday, bringing rain to the regions of Los Lagos and Aysén since the early hours of Monday the 27th.
The northern area is projected with wind, clouds and pleasant autumn afternoons
Due to the passage of a jet stream, The DMC maintains a warning for normal to moderate wind until Saturday night in the Andes mountain range of the regions of Tarapacá, Antofagasta and Atacama.
The beaches of the northern area will experience a weekend with sky covered by the strata that accompany the coastal valley during the mornings to pass into the radiant sun after lunch.
The maximum temperature will be around 19 °C in Arica and Iquique. The afternoons in Antofagasta will be around 17 °C, while in Caldera and La Serena the thermometers will rise up to 16 °C throughout this weekend.
News references:
Chilean Meteorological Directorate (DMC). Notices A168/2024; A164-1/2024.
