White wind alert for the Metropolitan Region and 2 other regions

For the start of this week, an alert is maintained for white wind for the Metropolitan Region ahead of a forecast that indicates strong gusts in part of Chile for the next few days.

In weather conditions, the Meteorological Directorate of Chile issued a normal to moderate wind warning, which takes into account the following regions.

• Coquimbo Region in the mountain range until Tuesday, with a probability of white winds.
• Valparaiso Region in the mountain range until Tuesday, with a probability of white winds.
• Metropolitan area in the mountain range until Tuesday, with probability of white wind .

In this regard, the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapre ) maintains a preventive early warning for the metropolitan region.

The measure applies until Tuesday, August 20, in the municipalities of Lo Barnechea, Vitacura, Las Condes, La Reina, Peñalolén, La Florida, Puente Alto and San José de Maipo .

White wind is defined as “a collection of snow particles lifted from the ground by a sufficiently intense and turbulent wind,” as detailed in the document. International Cloud Atlas of the World Meteorological Organization.

As CHV meteorologist Allison Göhler explains, it is “a wind that moves some of the snow that is falling or has fallen and begins to move it, which generates poor visibility “.

The expert called for calm, explaining that the advice is given so that the population remains alert, but that it is “something recurring in the mountains, completely normal “.

“The white wind will be about 2,000 up. What’s happening is that a tightening of those isobars is also being seen at levels slightly below 1,500. (…) It could be between 800 and 1,500, where it’s the foothills. That’s why it’s going to cover areas like Lo Barnechea, Las Condes, Peñalolén, La Florida, La Reina “, all that foot of the mountain,” he remarked, foreseeing that they would have to wait wind gusts of up to 60 km/h for this area.