Quintana Roo State, the place Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum are positioned, will expertise temperatures of greater than 41C (106F) over the following 10 days, in line with climate consultants.
Juan Vázquez Montalvo, climate forecaster at Autonomous College of Yucatan, knowledgeable that this week your entire Yucatan peninsula might be impacted by temperatures not seen in additional than 50 years.
“It’s necessary that folks take this example very critically by exercising precautions to guard themselves from very excessive temperatures. These climate circumstances haven’t been seen in additional than 50 years, so we’re in uncharted territory,” he mentioned.
These opposed climate circumstances might lead to individuals affected by warmth strokes. If that occurs to you or your companions, ensure that to chill the affected person’s physique temperature and preserve them hydrated.
Based on the Nationwide Meteorological Service (SMN), daytime temperatures will vary from 39 (102F) to 41 (106F) in Quintana Roo.
Different states corresponding to Campeche, Tabasco, and Veracruz, could have temperatures above 45C (113F).
At evening, individuals should cope with temperatures as excessive as 26C (79F), plus plenty of humidity and no rain.
“The inflow of humidity from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico continues in direction of the peninsular area and the State of Quintana Roo. It’s going to preserve partially cloudy skies with growing cloudiness throughout the course of the day with little probability of rain,” the SMN mentioned this weekend.
This “second” heatwave is attributable to “an anticyclonic circulation of the environment,” reported the State Coordination of Civil Safety.
For tomorrow, Tuesday, the SMN forecasts a thermal sensation of over 50C (122F), with no chance of rain.
If you’re pondering: “I’ve obtained AC, no drawback,” that may not prevent.
Throughout the first heatwave dated mid-April, when temperatures reached 40C (104F), 18 states throughout Mexico skilled a blackout, together with Quintana Roo, because of the “excessive demand for energy.”
For greater than two hours, some Cancun and Playa del Carmen neighborhoods didn’t have electrical energy, then operations returned to regular.
A state of affairs like that may occur once more if an excessive amount of stress is placed on the nation’s CFE (Federal Electrical energy Fee), mentioned the power group.
