After the extreme and historic cold event for Mexico a few days ago, the forecast indicates that in the following hours another polar-arctic air pulse would be invading several states of the Republic with a marked decrease in temperatures, snow, ice, and severe wind.
Great effects associated with a pulse of arctic air experienced the population of North America, especially in the United States and northern Mexico, where according to official records, new records of minimum temperatures have been established that in some cases, had never been presented. It has in the meteorological memory, record cold events like 1899, 1977 and 1989, to mention a few when the temperatures in some states of the American Union reached -30 or -40 ° C, and now, they have been erased in many cities so that this 2021 they occupy a new place.
This Arctic air mass persists in said region, and the tropospheric circulation will once again be favorable to have another incursion towards our country affecting states of the north, northeast, east, southeast, and to a lesser extent the central region from February 18 to 20. Once again, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and along the Sierra Madre Oriental low temperatures will be experienced, dominating a cold environment.
The snowfall forecast will be present for the center of Chihuahua and northern Coahuila with thicknesses of 10-20 cm, without ruling out greater, while in Nuevo León and Tamaulipas the conditions would be for sleet and ice without generating relevant accumulations, conditions expected between these. Wednesday evening until the early hours of Friday. This can increase negative effects due to the freezing of roads and power cuts, so the population is asked to take preventive measures and wrap up very well. Another cold period will arrive in Mexico in the next few hours with snow, ice, wind, and low temperatures. It is time to take preventive measures to reduce negative effects.
