Overview
- Mexico’s 28th cold front and its polar air mass entered the north on January 14, reinforcing cold to very cold conditions with widespread frost in high elevations.
- Forecast lows range from -10 to -5 °C in the mountains of Chihuahua, Durango and Zacatecas, with some advisories warning -15 to -10 °C locally in Chihuahua and Durango.
- Interaction with a low-pressure channel and an upper-level trough will produce strong showers in Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca and Chiapas, with additional chubascos across the Gulf states and the Yucatán Peninsula.
- An event of Norte will bring hazardous winds and seas: 40–60 km/h in Tamaulipas and Veracruz today, strengthening to 60–80 km/h in Veracruz and 80–100 km/h in the Istmo and Gulf of Tehuantepec, with waves of roughly 2–5 meters.
- Civil protection authorities urged precautions for cold, wind and rain, citing risks including carbon monoxide poisoning, and forecasters expect Front 28 to move toward the Caribbean as Front 29 approaches the northern border later this week.