Weather forecast – Enseñame de Ciencia

As shown by the general outlook for National Weather Service (SMN), Official source of the Government of Mexico, low pressure ducts in combination with other systems will cause Rain on schedule Very strong in Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Guanajuato, Mexico, Hidalgo, and Queretaro, Heavy rain on schedule in Durango, Jalisco, Guerrero, Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche and Yucatan, as well as periods of showers in Sonora, Chihuahua, Colima, Michoacan, Aguascalientes, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Quintana Roo.

For its part, another channel of low pressure over the northeast of the country will interact with instability in the high levels of the atmosphere and with the subtropical jet stream, generating Sometimes heavy rain in coahuila, Heavy rain on schedule in Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, in addition to scattered showers in Baja California, Sinaloa, and Nyarit, according to SMN forecasts.

Important: he National Weather Service (SMN) He warns that all the rains mentioned above will be accompanied by electric shocks, strong winds and hail; It should also be noted that heavy to very heavy rains can increase river and stream levels, and cause landslides and floods. Strong winds of 60 to 80 km/h are also expected and possible formation of tornadoes or tornadoes in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.

During the night, a new (off-season) cold front will approach Mexico’s northern border, intensifying the conditions described above. Tomorrow, the front will extend over the north of the country in interaction with other systems that will cause showers and heavy rains accompanied by electric shocks, winds and hail.

Finally, a hot to sweltering environment will prevail on the Mexican Pacific coast, the southeast, and the Yucatan Peninsula. it is expected that extreme temperatures More than 40 degrees Celsius In the regions of Michoacan, Guerrero, Campeche and Yucatan.

Precipitation forecast for Saturday, May 20, 2023:

• Heavy rain with extreme points (75 to 150 mm): Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
• Heavy rain with very strong points (50 to 75 mm): San Luis Potosi, Chiapas and Tabasco.
• Periods of showers with heavy rainfall on schedule (25 to 50 mm): Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz.
• Showers (5 to 25 mm): Michoacán, State of Mexico, Mexico City, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo.
• Scattered rain (0.1 to 5 mm): Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit and Colima.

Maximum temperature forecast for Saturday, May 20, 2023:

• 40 to 45 ° C: Michoacan, Guerrero, Campeche and Yucatan.
• 35 to 40 degrees Celsius: Baja California, Sonora, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, State of Mexico (southwest), Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco and Quintana Roo.
• 30 to 35 degrees Celsius: Baja California Sur and Chihuahua.

Early morning minimum temperature forecast for Saturday, May 20, 2023:

• 0 to 5 degrees Celsius: the mountainous regions of Chihuahua and Durango.

Wind forecast for Saturday, May 20, 2023:

• Winds with gusts of 60 to 80 km / h and the possibility of formation of tornadoes or tornadoes: Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi.
• Winds with gusts of 40 to 60 km / h and possible dust storms: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Nayarit, Jalisco, Oaxaca and Chiapas.