Overview
- Veracruz remains under a Grey Alert for an explosive Norte with forecast gusts of 80–100 km/h, 2–4 meter coastal waves and localized rains of 50–70 mm.
- Universidad Veracruzana suspended in‑person classes in Xalapa, Veracruz–Boca del Río and Coatzacoalcos–Minatitlán in response to the coastal wind and surf hazards.
- SMN and Conagua warn of rachas up to about 100 km/h on the Tamaulipas and Veracruz coasts, with high seas spreading to the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
- More than 20 states are forecast to see early‑hour lows of −5°C to 5°C with frost risk in the highlands and a chance of sleet on Pico de Orizaba.
- Parallel forecasts show Pacific moisture bringing rain to western and southern Mexico, wet and windy conditions in Galicia, and Argentina’s models indicating a front that could bring storms and cooling later in the weekend.