Overview
- More than 20 states are forecast to see minimums between −5 °C and 5 °C early Thursday under a polar air mass, with frost likely in the Mesa del Norte and Mesa Central and possible sleet on Pico de Orizaba.
- Heavy rain is expected in Veracruz, Oaxaca and Tabasco with additional showers across the Gulf and southeast, bringing risks of reduced visibility, rising rivers, flooding and landslides.
- A strong Norte is producing gusts up to 85–100 km/h on Tamaulipas and Veracruz coasts and 70–90 km/h in the Isthmus and Gulf of Tehuantepec, with waves of roughly 2–4 meters along Gulf shores.
- Veracruz activated an Alerta Gris for the high-impact wind event, and the Universidad Veracruzana suspended in-person classes in Xalapa, Veracruz–Boca del Río and Coatzacoalcos–Minatitlán.
- The SMN 06:00 update placed the front over the Yucatán Peninsula with winds expected to ease during the day on some coasts; separate bulletins report no weather alerts in Argentina’s AMBA and increasing rain and wind probabilities in parts of Galicia.