Overview
- Conagua and the SMN report a polar air mass keeping conditions cold to frigid, with early‑morning minimums near −5°C to 0°C in northern and central highlands.
- Mexico City’s risk agency issued an orange alert for Tlalpan and yellow alerts for Álvaro Obregón, Cuajimalpa, Magdalena Contreras, Milpa Alta and Xochimilco, forecasting 1°C to 6°C and possible frost.
- The SMN forecasts an Evento de Norte intensifying through the weekend with gusts up to 90 km/h in Tamaulipas, Veracruz and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, alongside elevated seas of up to 4 meters in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Forecasters anticipate heavier rain from the south into the center of the country and possible snow or sleet on high peaks such as Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl, Iztaccíhuatl and Nevado de Toluca.
- States including Baja California, Coahuila and Nuevo León continue with subzero dawns under Front 28’s polar air as Front 29 advances, and civil‑protection offices urge layered clothing, safe heater use and extra care for vulnerable groups.