Satellite images show us at last frontal system of this week already over Chile, at least in the southern portion of the national territory where it has already left considerable winds.
Will it be yours? 11 regions of Chile will receive rain this weekend
Data from the Navy meteorological station, in the port captain’s office of Leburealized gusts over 50 km/h on Saturday (08). At noon, the Chilean Meteorological Directorate station at the airport Concepción, recorded a gust of 70 km/h.
Out with the wind and the expected rainfall with the passage of this relatively fast frontal system that closes a week of intense rains in some sectors of the country, surges increase in coastal sectors.
Captain Felipe Rifo, from the Valparaíso Meteorological Center of the Navy, indicated through the institution’s social networks that The waves could reach 3 meters in the bay of Valparaíso product of the predicted wind.
As if that were not enough, there is also the option of thunderstorms
Due to all the aforementioned conditions associated with the passage of this frontal system through 11 regions of the country during this weekend, the Chilean Meteorological Directorate warns of the conditions conducive to the generation of thunderstorms in sectors of the regions of Valparaíso to Biobío.
The recent update of meteorological warning A197-1/2024 indicates that the phenomenon would be recorded between the afternoon of this Saturday and the early morning of Sunday, June 9.
The affected areas They will be the following:
| Region | Area with thunderstorm forecast |
|---|---|
| Valparaiso | Coastline, Coastal Range |
| Metropolitan | Coastal Mountain Range |
| O’Higgins | Coastline, Coastal Mountain Range, Valley, Foothills, Mountain Range |
| Maule | Coastline, Coastal Mountain Range, Valley, Foothills, Mountain Range |
| Ñuble | Valley, Precordillera, Mountain Range |
| Biobio | Valley, Precordillera, Mountain Range |
| Information extracted from notice A197-1/2024 issued by the DMC at 12:49 hrs on Saturday, June 8, 2024. | |
The week ends, but the rains will not stop so quickly
Although this will be the last rain event of the week —associated with an extensive cyclone or low pressure center that drove various minor systems into the country—, lThe rainfall will not stop in the coming days.
After the rapid passage of an anticyclonic wedge, it will reach the country a new area of low pressures accompanied by a frontal band which will provide precipitation to the south, central zone and also to part of the northern zone.
The information we have about the weather models indicate that, for the moment, The heaviest rainfall of the week will be concentrated between Wednesday (12th) and Thursday (13th)and will be associated with the arrival of an atmospheric river.
Behind the front, a cold air mass will leave the option of frost over the center and south of Chilein addition to causing a considerable drop in temperatures over the small north, closing the first half of June.
