According to weather experts, the state of Quintana Roo, home to Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, will experience temperatures of more than 41 degrees Celsius over the next ten days.
Juan Vázquez Montalvo, a weather forecaster at the Autonomous University of Yucatan, said that the entire Yucatán Peninsula will be hit this week with temperatures exceeding 50 years.
“It is important that people take this situation very seriously by taking precautions to protect themselves from very high temperatures. These weather conditions have not occurred in more than fifty years, so we are in uncharted territory.” he said.
These unfavorable weather conditions can cause people to suffer from heat stroke. If that happens to you or your companions, cool the patient’s body temperature and keep him/her hydrated.
According to the National Meteorological Service (SMN) Daytime temperatures will range from 39 (102F) to 41 (106F) in Quintana Roo.
Other states such as Campeche, Tabasco and Veracruz will have temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius.
At night, people will experience temperatures of up to 26 degrees Celsius, plus lots of humidity and no rain.
“The inflow of moisture from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico continues towards the peninsula and the state of Quintana Roo. It will remain partly cloudy skies with increasing cloudiness during the day with little chance of rain.” the SMN said this weekend.
This ‘second’ heat wave is caused by ‘an anticyclonic circulation of the atmosphere’, the State Coordination for Civil Protection reported.
For tomorrow, Tuesday, the SMN predicts a thermal sensation of over 50C (122F), with no chance of rain.
If you think, “I have air conditioning, no problem,” that might not save you.
During the first heat wave in mid-April, when temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius, 18 states across Mexico experienced power outages, including Quintana Roo, due to “high demand for power.”
For more than two hours, some areas of Cancun and Playa del Carmen were without electricity, before activities returned to normal.
Such a situation could arise again if too much pressure is put on the country’s CFE (Federal Electricity Commission), the energy organization said.
