After the historic rains that fell this week mainly in the central zone, in two consecutive frontal systems, the Chile’s Meteorological Directorate (DMC) predicted new, but weak, rainfall, as well as frost for the next few days.
In the Metropolitan Region, only yesterday the Quinta Normal monitoring station recorded 48.6 millimeters of rainwater, the Pudahuel station, 52.6 mm, the Tobalaba aerodrome station, 79.4 mm, and the Lo Pinto station, in Colina. , 41.7 mm, and that of Buin, 40.6 mm.
He meteorologist Cristóbal Torresfrom the DMC, spoke at Cooperative that, «in general, we can see that the rainfall was distributed from the Coquimbo Region (…) which continues with water scarcity (…) to Ñuble, basically, with amounts that were around, on average, 40 mm. In Biobío there was less rain.»
In the capital, he highlighted that The Quinta Normal station accumulated «82 mm in the total for this event, which is quite a lot, and with the rainfall at the beginning of May, it adds up to around 105 mm, and that leaves May 2024 as one of the rainiest within the last 20 years.»
«The last rainy May, with approximately 105 mm, occurred in 2003», while in the current one «there are still a few days and a little precipitation left.»
In fact, he anticipated that «For Sunday we have a high probability of showers, but on this occasion they will be weak and only contained in the early morning and part of the morning«It is expected that they will not be more than 0.5 millimeters at the Quinta Normal station, it will not be similar to the rain we just experienced.»
Regarding the cold, «for the Metropolitan Region the temperatures are going to decrease compared to previous days: The minimum temperatures will be around 2 and 4 degrees in urban sectors, and in rural sectors, between 0 and 2 degrees, for the next three days before the showers.«.
«And next week there is a high probability that we will register frost, because a mass of cold air will enter, «That where it will be felt most will be between the regions of Ñuble and Biobío, in the foothills sectors, with -4, -5 degrees, and in general we expect -1, -2 for the city and the valleys in the central zone» .