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Cold Front 48 Stalls Over Yucatán, Driving Heavy Rains and ‘Norte’ Winds

Officials warn of dangerous gusts with flash‑flood risk along Mexico’s Gulf and southeast coasts.

Overview

  • Mexico’s weather service said Sunday the front remained stationary over the Yucatán Peninsula, with intense rain focused on Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas and parts of Quintana Roo and very strong totals in Oaxaca, Campeche and Yucatán.
  • The same bulletin kept a ‘Norte’ wind event in effect, with gusts of 60–80 km/h across Veracruz’s center and south and the Isthmus and Gulf of Tehuantepec, and 40–60 km/h in Tabasco, Campeche and Yucatán.
  • A ‘Norte’ forms when a polar air mass pushes in behind a front, sending strong northerly winds down the Gulf coast and through the Tehuantepec gap, which can churn high seas, fell limbs and cut visibility on coastal roads.
  • Across Galicia in northwest Spain, AEMET‑based local forecasts for Pontevedra on Sunday call for cloudy, very humid weather with near‑100% odds of light rain and isolated storms in towns such as Barro, Meis, A Estrada and Soutomaior.
  • Local snapshots show light morning rain in Matamoros on Saturday with a quick warm‑up forecast early this week, while Argentina’s Tucumán turned cooler and gray with a low chance of scattered showers.