Overview
- SMN/Conagua’s 96‑hour outlook shows an atmospheric river entering Mexico on Thursday, targeting the northwest first.
- Model guidance indicates interaction with Cold Front No. 24 on Friday, enhancing precipitation and strengthening winds.
- The greatest impacts are forecast for Baja California and Sonora, with effects extending into parts of Chihuahua and Baja California Sur.
- Authorities highlight risks of heavy rain at lower elevations and snow, sleet or freezing rain in high mountains such as the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir.
- Cold already gripping the country includes subzero minimums in serranas of Baja California, Chihuahua and Durango and wind gusts near 60 km/h, with the system shifting toward Baja California Sur and central‑north Chihuahua by Saturday.