Rain returns to Santiago with possible electrical storm and white wind: what time does the precipitation start?

Added to the forecast is the white wind that is alerting the central area and the possibility of rain and snow in some areas.

On days marked by low temperatures Saint-Jacques he adds that new ones will arrive this week it’s raining which in some areas could appear as snow-water.

Weather forecasts predict precipitation in the Metropolitan Region in the coming hours, as one of the effects of cold air circulating from the south of the country.

These conditions maintain the central area with frosts for which minimum temperatures below zero are expected; white wind alert, in addition to the possibility of electrical storms.

Rain in Santiago 02/07/2024
Rain returns to Santiago: what time does the rain start? (Photo: Dragomir Yankovic/Aton Chile)

When does it rain in Santiago?

There is possibility of precipitation in Santiago this Tuesday and with more security, Light rain expected on Wednesday August 21, where some areas could also receive snowfall.

Allison Göhler, a meteorologist at the CHV, explained that “isolated droplets could fall not only in the mountain range, but also in the valley, but quite weakly. This separate holiday will begin tomorrow. It will generate some droplets in the morning and the rain could be a little more continuous during the afternoon. where we could have values ​​between 3 and 5 mm.

Meanwhile, the portal Weathered It also highlights the possibility of Light rain for Wednesday, more precisely between 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. a day when temperatures will be between 2° and 12°C.

According to the expert, an isolated depression will affect the capital, given the advance of cold air from the polar zone.

“When it reaches the central area, the zero isotherm drops and that means we can even have snow-water fall at slightly lower levels, almost 1,000 meters above sea level,” he explained.

“This is why it is not excluded that some droplets or flakes, something very weak, in high areas like Lo Barnechea, Las Condes, Florida areas towards the foothills. Also Puente Alto, Peñalolén, San José de Maipo and San Carlos de Apoquindo they could have the snowflakes falling tomorrow, when this segregated drop comes in,” he added to his remarks.

Allison Göhler also warned that “we must be attentive, because this isolated depression is also accompanied by the possibility of electrical activity.” In this regard, the Chilean Meteorological Directorate maintains a warning about electrical storms, which could occur between Valparaíso and Biobío.

Source: Latercera

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