Winter arrived with everything and it is not new. After the long weekend, This Monday a very cold day awaits us due to strong frosts. During the morning the sun will be with us but we will have to wait until tomorrow for the temperature to begin to rise. But it won’t be for long.
Since last week, Patagonia has recorded one of the biggest snow storms in recent times. There were hundreds of tourists stranded and several mountain towns heavily affected by the accumulation of snow.
The arrival of a new cold front will cause “a rapid deterioration in conditions” starting Tuesday. According to the Meteored site, snowfall could last until Thursday, mainly in the Andean areas. lPatagonia will be an extremely cold spot worldwide.
The low temperatures have already begun to be felt. Yesterday, Sunday, in the Las Lajas area, where hundreds of trucks are still waiting to cross into Chile through Pino Hachado, there was between -10°C and -12°C. This Monday according to the National Meteorological Service, at 6 in the morning, The coldest town in the country was Río Gallegos with -10.7°C and a thermal sensation of -16.5°C.
At the top of the ranking were Río Grande with -10.7°C (Tierra del Fuego) and Chapelco (San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén) with -5°C. Then they continued Maquinchao (Río Negro) with -4.6°C and Neuquen capital with -3.6°C in sixth place on the list.
According to the meteorologist Rodolfo Merlino in dialogue with RÍO NEGRO Diary, the scenario will be caused by the arrival of the south wind and the accumulated snow in the region. «It will be due to the accumulation of snow and the improvement of conditions, accompanied by south wind during Monday and calm wind in the early hours of Tuesday«he explained.
“The sun that enters does not heat the surface, it radiates into space and produces cooling during the night and early morning,” he explained. According to the projection of the reference of the National Meteorological Service, they will be able to register «temperatures between -3°C in the north of Patagonia (Alto Valle) and up to -17°C in the central and southern areas».
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