Overview
- Mexico’s SMN/Conagua warns that Cold Front No. 27 with a polar air mass will bring torrential to intense rain, a strong Norte, and gusts up to 80 km/h today.
- Forecasts call for the heaviest Mexican rain in Veracruz, with significant totals also in Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, and showers across parts of the north and Yucatán Peninsula.
- Snow or sleet is possible in high terrain of Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Zacatecas, with morning freezing rain risk in parts of the north.
- Hazard guidance for Mexico includes rapid river rises, flooding and landslides, tree and sign blowdowns from strong gusts, dense fog reducing visibility, and road icing in cold zones.
- AEMET-based outlooks for Galicia flag near-continuous light rain with high humidity, frequent thunder chances, and notable southerly gusts (locally up to about 56–64 km/h), while Argentina’s SMN issues a yellow storm alert for Catamarca with 20–40 mm, hail, intense lightning, and gusts to 80 km/h, contrasting with a dry, hot forecast for Santa Fe.