Hurricane Trudy and Heavy Rain Forecast for México This Thursday
Intense rainfall of 75 to 150 millimeters will strike regions of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, and Oaxaca on Thursday, bringing potential floods and mudslides as a cold front and Hurricane Trudy converge on Mexico.
The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional of the Comisión Nacional del Agua reported that the precipitation stems from the interaction of cold front number 2, polar air masses, low-pressure channels, upper-level troughs, and Hurricane Trudy in the Pacific Ocean.
The system named Trudy intensified into a category 1 hurricane early Thursday morning. Its center sat approximately 465 kilometers south-southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, and 720 kilometers south-southeast of Manzanillo, Colima, packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour with gusts reaching 150 kilometers per hour, moving northwest at 15 kilometers per hour.
Residents across affected zones should heed warnings from Servicio Meteorológico Nacional and follow local Civil Protection protocols as downpours risk overflowing rivers and washing out roads.
Winds of 50 to 70 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 100 kilometers per hour are expected in Sonora, alongside potential whirlwinds in northern and northeastern Chihuahua and northern Coahuila. Similar high winds could topple trees and billboards, prompting authorities to urge caution.
Coastal areas in Guerrero and Oaxaca will experience waves reaching heights of 2 to 3 meters. Meanwhile, waves of 1 to 2 meters will hit the coasts of Baja California, Baja California Sur, southern Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, and Chiapas.
Temperatures will plunge to lows between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius in high-altitude zones of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, the Estado de México, Tlaxcala, Puebla, and Veracruz during morning hours. Conversely, afternoon maximum temperatures will soar from 35 to 40 degrees Celsius in parts of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Michoacán, Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Campeche, and Yucatán.
Very heavy rainfall of 50 to 75 millimeters will hit parts of Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero, Chiapas, and Quintana Roo. Meanwhile, heavy showers ranging from 25 to 50 millimeters are forecast for Sinaloa, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Colima, Hidalgo, Puebla, Morelos, the Estado de México, Ciudad de México, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatán.
Lighter chubascos of 5 to 25 millimeters will affect Baja California Sur, Nuevo León, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro, and Tlaxcala, while Sonora will see isolated rainfall of up to 5 millimeters.