Overview
- The national meteorological service places Cold Front 11 over the Yucatán Peninsula with showers and strong rain forecast for the peninsula and the southeast on October 30.
- SMN/Conagua projects minimums of −5 to 0 °C with frost in highlands of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Hidalgo, State of Mexico, Tlaxcala, Puebla and Veracruz, and 0 to 5 °C with possible frost in highlands of Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Mexico City, Morelos and Oaxaca.
- A ‘Norte’ event is expected with wind gusts of 80–90 km/h in Oaxaca and Chiapas, 50–60 km/h along coasts from Tamaulipas to Quintana Roo, and waves up to 3–4 meters in the Gulf of Tehuantepec and 2–3.5 meters off Veracruz, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Campeche and Yucatán.
- In the Valley of Mexico, very cold conditions are forecast in high areas with possible frost, with Mexico City minimum temperatures near 6–8 °C and Toluca near 0–2 °C and mostly dry daytime conditions.
- Local forecasts highlight regional contrasts, with Cancún warm and rainy around 26/22 °C and high rain odds, Monterrey clear near 23/12 °C, and authorities urging layered clothing, vaccination and precautions for vulnerable groups.