The month of August will be accompanied by intense rains and winds that will begin to appear in the south of the country, through a frontal system that will advance over the hours.
This week you will receive a strong storm that will leave intense rains and winds over a large part of the country, which will reach the central area in the coming days .
These are the effects of the previously announced frontal systems, which They will start on Wednesday of this week giving a rainy welcome to the month of August.
This was explained by meteorologist Allison Göhler of the CHV, who pointed out that the condition is associated with an atmospheric river of category 4 to 5, where the latter is the maximum of the measurement, which will cause Heavy rains concentrated between the regions of Maule and Biobío Rainfall is expected to progress towards the central area during the day on Thursday and also affect Santiago.
When does it rain in Santiago?
Before next rains for Santiago The meteorologist explained that It will begin in the early hours of Friday and will therefore accompany the inhabitants of the capital throughout the day of August 2. .
However, at the moment it is not known exactly how much rainfall will affect the sector. “There are two scenarios, we always look at two models that are closer to the probabilities, but today they differ a lot from each other. The American model shows very little rainfall for Santiago, we are talking about 15 millimeters, because it seems that it does not see the atmospheric river,” he explained.
“The European model, for its part, observes this atmospheric river and shows quantities close to 50 millimeters for Santiago. “It’s very uneven, the difference in precipitation ranges is quite large. We take an average, but in any case I think we have to pay attention to the fact that this is associated with an atmospheric river,” says Allison Göhler.
Regarding how the rains will occur, the expert said that “This frontal system will enter Friday at midnight, it remains stable and on Saturday morning it diminishes. . The rest of Saturday will therefore be completely dry. But on Sunday, it is possible that instability will bring us more precipitation, but it would be little.
A similar forecast maintains the specialized portal Weathered which in its recent weather report for Santiago indicates that a light rain begins on Thursday evening, It gets intense at 5:00 on Fridays s and its intensity decreases until the early hours of Saturday.
For his part, the Meteorological Directorate of Chile issued a moderate to strong wind alert for coastal areas between the Coquimbo region and Biobío, which applies between Wednesday and Friday.
To a lesser extent, the meteorology also maintains wind and precipitation warnings at a normal to moderate level for the central and southern regions of the country.
In addition, the National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) maintainse Early warning for the metropolitan area for the next weather event .
According to weather data, precipitation of up to 35 millimeters is expected in the foothills and valley and up to 40 mm in the coastal mountain range, as well as winds of up to 50 km/h in the coastal mountain range and foothills, in addition to up to 80 km/h and 90 km/h wind gusts in the mountainous area.
Source: Latercera
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