Mexico: At least 16 Mexican states will face intense to heavy rains this Saturday

At least 16 states of Mexico will face heavy to intense rains this Saturday due to the presence of five atmospheric phenomena, including the movement over the southeast of tropical wave number 24, reported the National Weather Service (SMN).

“Heavy to intense rains could cause puddles, floods y landslides as well as increasing the levels of rivers and streams“, the agency warned in its report National Water Commission (Conagua) of the Mexican Government.

The Meteorological Service forecast heavy rains in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo due to the entry of humid air from the Caribbean Sea the advance of tropical wave 24.

In addition, it warned of its interaction with a trough at high levels of the atmosphere and the combination with a monsoon trough on the surface.

Meanwhile, he reported a low pressure channel, located from the north to the center of the country, and a dry line that will be located over the east of the northern state of Chihuahua.

The presence of these five meteorological phenomena will also cause very heavy rains in the states of Puebla, Veracruz y Guerreroand strong in Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, State of Mexico y Morelos.

He SMN He also forecast intervals of showers in Tlaxcala, Mexico City, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Nayarit, Zacatecas, New Leon, Coahuila, Durango, Sinaloa and Chihuahua; and isolated rains in Aguascalientes.

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On the other hand, he predicted wind gusts of up to 60 kilometers per hour (km/h) in regions of Campeche, Chiapas, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco and Tamaulipas, and with possible dust storms in areas of Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California SurChihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon and Sonora.

“Strong gusts of wind could knock down trees and billboards“, he added.

Likewise, he expected that the temperate to warm weather will continue in the afternoon in most of Mexico, with hot maximum temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius in areas of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo.