Overview
- Mexico’s weather service says a polar air mass tied to Cold Front 28 will cover most of the country on January 15, bringing freezing conditions, fog, heavy rain and wind gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Forecasts call for an intense Norte event with 80–100 km/h gusts in the Isthmus and Gulf of Tehuantepec, 60–80 km/h along Veracruz, and 40–60 km/h on Gulf and Yucatán coasts.
- Minimum temperatures are expected to plunge to −15 to −10 °C with frosts in the mountainous zones of Chihuahua and Durango, with additional cold across the Mesa del Norte and Mesa Central.
- Civil protection authorities urged precautions such as securing loose objects, avoiding flooded areas, and taking cold‑weather safety measures as the front advances.
- Argentina’s meteorological service kept yellow and orange storm alerts in force across multiple provinces, while a heat‑period blackout in the Buenos Aires metro area cut power to up to four million people, interrupting trains and briefly limiting subway service before most supply was restored.