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Arctic Cold Grips U.S. and Mexico as New Front 33 Spurs New Alerts

Officials warn of freezing risks as a reinforcing front prolongs the outbreak into midweek.

Overview

  • U.S. forecasters maintain freeze and frost alerts across the Southeast, with South Florida recording subfreezing readings and dangerous wind chills before a brief midweek moderation.
  • Mexico’s weather service says Frente Frío 33 will enter the north and northeast on Tuesday, bringing 40–60 km/h winds, rain and chubascos, with lows below 5°C in 21 states and heladas in 13.
  • Mexico City activated Alerta Naranja for Milpa Alta and Tlalpan and Alerta Amarilla for five boroughs, with Tuesday morning temperatures forecast between 1°C and 6°C.
  • Yucatán registered unusually low minima of 4–10°C under Frente Frío 32, and local forecasts call for continued cool mornings despite only slight midweek warming.
  • New York City faces chances of light, brief snow midweek and late week, after officials reported 14 cold-related deaths through January 31 during the ongoing cold spell.