Winds were forecast with gusts of over 50 kilometers per hour for the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula, as well as in Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Sonora
A sandstorm was recorded in the afternoon, around 3:00 p.m., caused by high winds, on the MX15 road on the Empalme-Ciudad Obregón stretch, so the Civil Protection authorities called for extreme precautions in the absence of visibility.
However, the sandstorm on the road to the Empalme-Obregón highway caused a vehicle accident due to lack of visibility.
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The authorities recommended that if it is better, stop your road until the driving conditions improve.
Meanwhile, the Captaincy of Puerto Guaymas reported the closure of the port to navigation for smaller vessels, the above due to high waves and sustained winds of 24 knots with gusts of 26 knots.
The National Meteorological Service predicted for today wind with gusts of more than 50 kilometers per hour (km / h) for the western coast of the Peninsula of Baja California, coasts of Campeche and Yucatan, as well as in Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Sonora.
They warned that in the next few hours, heavy point rains are forecast in most of Sonora, so extreme caution should be exercised when traveling on roads and following recommendations from the authorities.
There is currently a tidal and abundant flow of moisture that dominates the medium and low levels, and will continue to generate strong atmospheric instability in the northwest of the country, favoring mostly clear skies with cloudiness in the mountain and southern areas.
In the high regions of the Eastern Sierras we have temperatures of 25 ° C; the Border Municipalities of the North of the State present values of 27 to 29 ° C; in the northwest it varies from 34 to 37 ° C, as for the center and south they are from 31 to 36 ° C. Wind gusts of 21 km / h over the northwest of the entity.
Source: excelsior, noticieros.televisa,
