Overview
- Mexico’s national weather service (Conagua/SMN) forecasts the entry of Cold Front No. 26 over the north and northeast on January 4, bringing a sharp temperature drop and strong winds in Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
- In Nuevo León, authorities project minimums between −5 and 0 °C with frost risk and winds of 10–20 km/h with gusts of 30–50 km/h during the early hours.
- Municipal forecasts for January 4 indicate zero rain probability in key Nuevo León localities including Monterrey, Apodaca, Guadalupe, San Nicolás, San Pedro, Santa Catarina and Escobedo.
- Spain’s AEMET-based outlooks for Galicia call for a cool, mostly cloudy day with notable easterly to northeasterly gusts reported up to about 51 km/h across towns such as As Neves, Meis, Lalín and Valga.
- Argentina’s SMN projects stable, warm conditions with Santa Fe near 20–29 °C and Córdoba around 18–30 °C, alongside renewed guidance to stay hydrated, limit peak sun exposure and monitor vulnerable groups.