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Mexico Faces Patchwork Weather: Bay of Campeche Low Brings Heavy Rain as Cold Front Drops Temperatures

A broad low feeding moisture into the Yucatán will increase flood and coastal hazards while a separate cold front will drive sharp cooling and strong winds in highland regions.

Overview

  • Meteorological agencies are monitoring a broad low over the southern Bay of Campeche that is producing disorganized storms but has a low (about 10%) chance of becoming a tropical cyclone.
  • Mexico's SMN says interaction of tropical wave No. 6 with that low will produce intense to very strong localized rains in southern and eastern states including Jalisco, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco and the Yucatán Peninsula.
  • Yucatán's Protección Civil (Procivy) warns of persistent moisture, strong coastal gusts over 60 km/h and 1.5–2 meter waves that could cause flooding, river rises and hazardous marine conditions.
  • A cold frontal surge arriving with the long weekend is forecast to cause sharp temperature drops, possible frosts in highlands and very strong winds up to about 70 km/h that may disrupt travel and damage exposed structures.
  • Forecasters say this multi-system episode will produce a mix of hazards—floods, landslides and electrical storms in the south and heat in the far north—and agencies urge residents to follow local Protección Civil and SMN advisories.