An important weather phenomenon approaches Chile for this weekend, It is a “gigantic extroatropical cyclone” that will bring with it a frontal system Loaded with rains and powerful bursts of wind. The southern regions and the southern end of the country will be the first and main affected by this event.
According to forecasts, rainfall They will begin to feel from this Friday, May 9. The first regions to receive the impact of this cyclone will be Los Lagos and the North of Aysén.
For Saturday, May 10, The rains are expected to extend towards the Los Ríos region and the southern part of La Araucanía. During this same day, the frontal system will advance south, taking rainfall to Magallanes, including its island areas.
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The impact of the cyclone will not only be in the form of rain. Intense winds are foreseen, with bursts that could exceed 100 kilometers per hour at specific points of the affected areas. For Sunday, May 11, an intensification of these winds is forecast, with gusts that They could range between 90 and 120 km/h in some areas of Chilean Patagonia.
In contrast to the panorama in the south, the central area of Chile, including the Santiago Metropolitan Region, will remain under different conditions. Cold but clear skies are expected over the weekend. The maximum projected temperatures for Santiago will be 24 ° C on Saturday and 21 ° C on Sunday.
The weather authorities have reiterated the call to the population of the affected regions to take the necessary precautions before the arrival of this frontal system, which could generate adverse climatic conditions with significant rains and burst of consideration wind.
