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Wet weekend followed by wetter week in store for Peninsula

Riviera Maya, Q.R. — After a wet start to the weekend, another system is expected soak the coast of Quintana Roo mid-week. On Friday, a downpour left portions of José María Morelos under water that forced Transit to shut several of the town’s streets.

Rain began to fall there around 5:00 p.m. from where it made its way north. Powerful thunderstorms were felt in a majority of the state throughout the remainder of Friday and into Saturday morning when it finally stopped. While the state may get a rain-break Saturday and Sunday, downpours are forecast.

Quintana Roo State Civil Protection says heavy rain will be felt around the state due to tropical wave 24 in the south. The rains from that wave are expected prior to the arrival of a disturbance that is currently being monitored by the National Hurricane Centre (NOAA) in the Caribbean Sea.

“The Quintana Roo State Civil Protection Coordination reports heavy rains will affect the state due to tropical wave 24. Periods of rain are expected from September 22 to September 25 due to the interaction of the tropical wave with a large disturbance arriving from the east.

“Intense to torrential rains with accumulations from 150 to 200 mms accompanied by electrical activity and wind with gusts of 50 kms/h are expected,” the agency reported Saturday.

The National Hurricane Centre says a low pressure system moving over the Caribbean Sea now has a 60 percent chance of development before reaching the Yucatan Peninsula possibly Tuesday.

Some streets of José María Morelos were left waterlogged after a Friday downpour. Photo: September 20, 2024.

Regardless of development, the disturbance is forecast to bring heavy rain as it passes over Quintana Roo and into the Gulf.

“A broad area of low pressure is likely to form by the early to middle part of next week over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the adjacent portions of Central America.

“Thereafter, gradual development of this system is possible, and a tropical depression could form as the system moves slowly to the north or northwest over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and across the Gulf of Mexico through the end of next week.

“Regardless of development, this system is expected to produce heavy rains over portions of Central America during the next several days.”