Weather TODAY: Cold front 16 hits Mexico with rain and icy atmosphere

The National Meteorological Service (SMN), official climate source of the Government of Mexico, reported the morning of this Thursday, November 27 the advance of cold front number 16which brings rain and low temperatures to several states in Mexico.

For today, cold front no. 16 will travel through the east and southeast of Mexicoin addition to the north of the Yucatán Peninsula, will interact with a low pressure channel extended over the southeast of the country, causing intense occasional rains in Hidalgo (Sierra Alta, Huasteca and Sierra de Tenango regions), Puebla (Sierra Norte, Sierra Nororiental and Valle Serdán regions), Veracruz (Huasteca Alta, Huasteca Baja, Totonaca, Nautla, Papaloapan, Los Tuxtlas and Olmeca regions) and Oaxaca; very heavy occasional rains in Puebla (Tehuacán-Sierra Negra region), Veracruz (Capital and Sotavento regions), Tabasco (west) and Chiapas (north); and heavy occasional rains in Tamaulipas, Veracruz (Las Montañas region) and Quintana Roo (north).

For its part, the polar air mass associated with the front will maintain the strong to very strong “North” event and high waves on the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula and the Isthmus and Gulf of Tehuantepec.as well as cold to very cold environment in the north, northeast, east and center of the countrywith banks of fog and frost, as well as wind gusts of 40 to 60 km/h in the Mesa del Norte and the Mesa Central, including the Valley of Mexico.

Finally, the entry of humid air from the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico will generate intervals of showers and isolated rains in the northeast, center, south and west of the national territory.

Forecast of minimum temperatures for the morning of today, November 27, 2025:

Cold Front 16 Forecast for Friday

During this day, it is expected that the front no. 16 will extend over the Yucatan Peninsulawill continue to interact with a low pressure channel in the southwest of the Gulf of Mexico and the southeast of the national territory, maintaining the heavy to very heavy rains in the southeast and east of the countryincluding the Yucatan Peninsula; predicting intense occasional rains in areas of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco. The polar air mass associated with the front will maintain the “North” event with wind gusts of 60 to 80 km/h and waves of 2.5 to 3.5 meters high in Oaxaca and Chiapas (isthmus and gulf of Tehuantepec); and with gusts of 40 to 60 km/h and waves of 1.5 to 2.5 meters on the coasts of Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo, decreasing during the afternoon; as well as cold to very cold environment during the night and early morning in the north, northeast, east and center of the Mexican Republic.

Cold Front 16 Forecast for Saturday

The front no. 16 will extend with stationary characteristics over the Gulf of Mexico and the north of the Yucatan Peninsulaand rain and intervals of showers are expected in said peninsula, as well as in the southeast of Mexico, with heavy occasional rains in Quintana Roo. The polar air mass associated with the front will begin to modify its thermal characteristics, allowing a gradual rise in daytime temperatures.However, the wind will maintain a northerly component with gusts of 40 to 60 km/h and high waves in the isthmus and gulf of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca and Chiapas).

Besides, A new cold front will approach the northwest of the Mexican territory, it will interact with a trough at high levels of the atmosphere and with the subtropical jet stream, generating a drop in temperature in said region..

With information from the National Meteorological Service

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