18 Jul. 2026 – 09:21 h.
What’s happened?
According to the forecast of the Mega meteorologist, the frontal system will not give a truce and will continue to leave rain in Santiago and the central northern region. Jamie Layton.
So far this storm has fallen 103 mm in the capital and 138 mm in Illapela, Coquimbo region, water has accumulated and will continue to increase over time.
Although it is expected that precipitation subsides a little This Saturday, “on Sunday they will resume with less intensity in the case of Santiago,” the expert noted.
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Rain will continue in the central-northern zone
In his report, Jaime Leighton explained that the cloud area, which is currently located over the north-central zone of the country, “it will continue with almost no special advance to the north”.
“Precipitation will continue to fall mainly in the Coquimbo region and part of the southern sector of the Atacama region,” he said.
On the other hand, further towards the southern sector of Santiago it is expected less cloudyand because of this break, it will become colder at night, from this Saturday until Sunday morning.
“We won’t have frost, but Yes, the temperature will drop compared to these days. that they were well lit at the beginning of the day,” the meteorologist said.
The specialist said he would arrive soon “another pulse of the atmospheric river”which will begin on Sunday and last until Monday, concentrating in the north-central region of the country.
This phenomenon may continue to create risk situations such as activation of threadsin the Coquimbo region. “They will continue to repeat themselves because this atmospheric river causes precipitation to have a fairly high isotherm 0,” he explained.
After this, another one will be formed “low pressure center”. “It is activated, organized and begins transit. It will come from the central-southern region and begin to migrate north,” the expert said.
In this area, the 0 isotherm is generally not expected to drop too much, so the amount of water will reactivate the flows over decades, he predicted.
“The soil is giving way, the riverbank slopes are starting to wear out, the riverbank slopes are starting to erode, causing the river bed to increase,” warned Jaime Layton.
The meteorologist assured that this is a train of frontal systems. “it doesn’t end. “There is a certain degree of intermittency because another one comes from the south, which, without being as intense, continues to feed the riverbeds with new volumes of water.”
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