Cancun, Q.R. — After a few days of warm air, weather in Cancun jumped from winter directly into summer. Extreme temperatures across a majority of the country has included Cancun in its second heatwave of the year.
On Tuesday, Cancun Civil Protection issued a high temperature warning for residents due to an extreme heat index.
“The heat wave continues in Quintana Roo, creating hot to very hot conditions with mostly clear skies, no chance of rain, and east-southeast winds,” Protección Civil Cancun reported early Tuesday.
“Temperatures will reach between 31 and 33°C (88 and 91°F) with a heat index of up to 37°C (99°F) and an extreme UV index, increasing the risk of health problems.
“It is important to stay informed through official channels and take precautions in these conditions.”
According to the National Weather Service, “the heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air.”
The current heat index for the city of Cancun is “extreme caution” with heat stroke and heat exhaustion possible with extended exposure or physical activity.
Temperatures across the state are forecast to remain very hot for the rest of the week. Late Tuesday morning, State Civil Protection expanded that heat warning to include several additional areas.
The high temperature warning has now been expanded to include Lázaro Cárdenas, Jose Marie Morelos, Felipe Carrillo Puerto and the island of Cozumel.
“For today, an anticyclone in the middle levels of the atmosphere will prevail over the national territory, preserving a hot to extremely hot environment over the Mexican Republic,” Mexico’s National Meteorological Service (SMN) said Tuesday.
They say the current heat wave will continue in Sinaloa (central and south), Chihuahua (southwest), Coahuila (southwest), Nuevo León (south), Durango (northwest and south), Zacatecas (north and south), Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí (north, central and south), Nayarit (north and south), Jalisco (west, south and southwest), Colima (east), Michoacán, Guanajuato (northeast), Querétaro (central and north).
It will also be felt in Hidalgo (north), Puebla (north and southwest), Tlaxcala (south), Morelos, State of Mexico (central and southwest), Mexico City, Tamaulipas (southwest), Veracruz (central), Guerrero, Oaxaca (south and east) and Chiapas (central and west), Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo.
Meanwhile, in northeastern Mexico, a dry line and the subtropical jet stream will bring showers and strong gusts of wind to Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí, as well as a chance of tornadoes in northern Coahuila.
A low-pressure trough and the influx of moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean into central, southern, and southeastern Mexico will produce showers in Morelos and Michoacán, and isolated showers in Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Querétaro, and Guanajuato, which could be accompanied by lightning.
Maximum temperatures of 40 to 45 °C (104 F to 113 F) will continue for Sonora (east), Chihuahua (southwest), Coahuila (central, north and southwest), Nuevo León (east), Zacatecas (south), San Luis Potosí (central and east), Nayarit (north), Jalisco (south), Michoacán (central, south and southwest), Querétaro (north), Hidalgo (north and northeast), Puebla (north and southwest), Guerrero (northwest, north, central, east and northeast), Oaxaca (north and south), Chiapas (central and west), Tamaulipas (central, west and northwest), Veracruz (north and central), Campeche (north) and Yucatán (northwest).
Maximum temperatures of 35 to 40 °C (95 F to 104 F) will be felt in Baja California Sur (south), Aguascalientes, Colima, Guanajuato (northeast and southwest), State of Mexico (southwest), Tabasco and Quintana Roo (west).
For the Yucatán Peninsula today, partly cloudy skies throughout the day with no rain expected.
According to the SMN (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional), the hottest cities in Mexico yesterday were Rioverde, San Luis Potosí at 42.5C (108.5 F) and Mérida, Yucatan at 41.7 (107 F).
